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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
Lewisham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of new cases notified during the year 1939 and the number of deaths (together with comparative figures for the previous year) were as follows
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 1938 | 1939 | 1938 | |
| Pulmonary | 245 | 264 | 140 | 153 |
| Non-pulmonary | 56 | 66 | 19 | 22 |
| TOTALS | 301 | 330 | 159 | 175 |
The age distribution of the notified cases is shown in the following table
| Age Periods | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | TOTALS. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Under 1 year | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1 to 5 years | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 to 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| 10 to 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 15 to 20 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 49 |
| 20 to 25 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 51 |
| 25 to 35 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 61 |
| 35 to 45 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 44 |
| 45 to 55 | 25 | 12 | 3 | - | 40 |
| 55 to 65 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | 16 |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 133 | 112 | 27 | 29 | 301 |