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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of new cases notified during the year 1942 and the number of deaths (together with comparative figures for the previous year) were as follows:-
| NEW CASES NOTIFIED | DEATHS. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941. | 1942. | 1941. | 1942. | |
| Pulmonary | 261 | 284 | 137 | 118 |
| Non-pulmonary | 54 | 70 | 19 | 13 |
| TOTALS. | 315 | 354 | 156 | 131 |
The age distribution of the New Cases notified and
the Deaths from Tuberculosis are shown in the following
table:-
| AGE GROUPS | NEW CASES | DEATHS. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non pulmonary | TOTALS. | Pulmonary | Non pulmonary | TOTALS. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| Under 1 year | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 1 to 5 years | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 to 10 „ | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 17 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 10 to 15 „ | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 22 | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| 15 to 20 „ | 22 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 64 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 116 |
| 20 to 25 „ | 22 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 63 | |||||
| 25 to 35 „ | 26 | 27 | – | 3 | 56 | |||||
| 35 to 45 „ | 35 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 53 | |||||
| 45 to 55 „ | 21 | 11 | – | 2 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 55 to 65 „ | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |||||
| 65 & upwards | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | |||||
| TOTALS. | 164 | 120 | 35 | 35 | 354 | 69 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 131 |