Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Report of Dr. Rose Jordan, Tuberculosis Officer.
During the year 1927 the primary notifications of
tuberculosis numbered 375, of which 297 were of pulmonary
tuberculosis and 78 of other forms of tuberculosis. During the
same period, 175 persons died from pulmonary tuberculosis,
and 20 from non-pulmonary tuberculosis, the death-rate from
pulmonary tuberculosis being 0.92 per 1,000 inhabitants. This
is, unfortunately, the highest number of deaths from pulmonary
tuberculosis recorded in the Borough during the present century,
with the exception of the war year 1917. In may possibly in
part be accounted for by the wet inclement summer.
Table A.
Statistics re Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Year. | Borough of Lewisham. | England and Wales. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death Rate per 1000. | Death Rate per 1000. | |||
1901 | 120 | 0.93 | 0.896 | 1.26 | 1.214 |
1902 | 142 | 1.06 | 1.23 | ||
1903 | 107 | 0.78 | 1.20 | ||
1904 | 118 | 0.84 | 1.24 | ||
1905 | 126 | 0 87 | 1.14 | ||
1906 | 119 | 0.80 | 0.770 | 1.15 | 1.102 |
1907 | 138 | 0.90 | 1.14 | ||
1908 | 135 | 0.85 | 1.12 | ||
1909 | 125 | 0.75 | 1.09 | ||
1910 | 90 | 0 .55 | 1.01 | ||
1911 | 104 | 0.64 | 0.744 | l.06 | 1.044 |
1912 | 112 | 0.68 | 1.02 | ||
1913 | 126 | 0.73 | 0.99 | ||
1914 | 128 | 0.77 | 1.02 | ||
1915 | 155 | 0.90 | 1.13 | ||
1916 | 167 | — | — | 1.15 | 1.104 |
1917 | 182 | — | 1.21 | ||
1918 | 161 | — | 1.30 | ||
1919 | 139 | 0.86 | 0.99 | ||
1920 | 128 | 0.73 | 0.87 | ||
1921 | 143 | o.81 | 0.724 | 0.88 | 0.812 |
1922 | 132 | 0.74 | 0.88 | ||
1923 | 139 | 0.76 | 0.83 | ||
1924 | 127 | 0.68 | 0.84 | ||
1925 | 117 | 0.63 | 0.83 | ||
1926 | 135 | 0.71 | 0.77 | ||
1927 | 175 | 0.92 |