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CHEST CLINIC REPORT
I am indebted to Dr. C. W. L. Jeanes, Chest Physician at the
Greenwich Chest Clinic for the following Report on Tuberculosis in
the Borough.
At the end of 1953 there were 932 patients on the Chest Clinic
Register consisting of:—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis
Men Women Children Men Women Children
453 351 65 15 31 17
Of these, 81 were new notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
and 14 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Twenty nine patients on the Notification Register died during
the year, 24 men and 5 women.
Of the 24 men, 7 were over the age of 65 years, the oldest being
74. The youngest man to die was aged 30 years. In 6 of these
24 cases death was due to diseases other than tuberculosis, e.g., the
74 year old patient died from coronary thrombosis and the 30 year
old from leukaemia.
Of the 5 women who died, the youngest was 39 and the oldest
66 years. In 2 of the cases tuberculosis was not the cause of death,
one being due to cancer of the bladder and the other to ulcerative
colitis. Bearing these facts in mind, the actual death rate from
Tuberculosis was 0.19 per 1,000 population.
It is most remarkable in studying the following table to note
how the death rate has fallen during the past 10 years.