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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The number of new cases notified during the year 1941 and the number of deaths (together with comparative figures for the previous year) wore as follows:-
| NEW CASES NOTIFIED | DEATHS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1941 | 1940 | 1941 | |
| Pulmonary | 214 | 261 | 129 | 137 |
| Non-pulmonary | 48 | 54 | 20 | 19 |
| TOTALS | 262 | 315 | 149 | 156 |
Tho age distribution of the New Cases notified and the Deaths from Tuberculosis are shown in the following table :-
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary . | TOTALS | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | TOTALS | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| Under 1 year | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 1 to 5 yea'rs | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 to 10 ” | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 to 15 ” | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
| 15 to 20 ” | 19 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 150 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 89 |
| 20 to 25 ” 25 to 35 ” | 22 29 | 23 27 | 1 | 6 5 | 52 65 | |||||
| 35 to 45 ” | .25 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 46 | |||||
| 45 to 55 ” | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 32 | 6 | . | 1 | 39 |
| 55 to 65 ” | 14 | 3 | . | 1 | 18 | |||||
| 65 and upwards | 6 | 6 | . | . | 12 | 11 | 5 | . | . | 16 |
| TOTALS | 152 | 109 | 22 | 32 | 315 | 93 | 44 | 8 | 11 | 156 |