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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS. New Cases and Mortality—Year 1947.
| Age-Periods | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | — | 7 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | — | — |
| 35 | 14 | 5 | — | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | — |
| 45 | 11 | 4 | — | — | 8 | 4 | — | — |
| 55 | 10 | 4 | — | — | 11 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 5 | 1 | —. | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 94 | 89 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 2 |
Care Committee.—In 1947 a fully representative Care Committee
was formed to replace the Handicrafts Committee. Mr.
Warlock was elected chairman, Mrs. Gibbons vice-chairman, and
Dr. Jeanes treasurer.
As the result of an appeal by the Mayor, the sum of well over
£300 was realised, and this, in addition to a grant from the Lord
Mayor of London's Air-Raid Distress Fund, has enabled the Committee
to extend its activities considerably. A new hut has been
built and equipped, and a regular weekly handicraft class is now
held.
In November 1947 an almoner, Miss M. Chave-Jones A.M.I.A.,
was appointed as Care Committee Secretary, and at the end of the