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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
Islington 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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The age distribution of the New Cases notified and the Deaths from Tuberculosis arc shown in the following table:-
| NEW CASES NOTIFIED | DEATHS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non pulmonary | Totals | Pulmonary | Non pulmonary | Totals | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| Under 1 year | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 |
| 1 to 5 years | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 to 10 " | 4 | 2 | 6 | . | 12 | . | ||||
| 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 10 to 15 " | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | . | ||||
| 15 to 20 " | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 60 | |||||
| 20 to 25 " | 31 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 80 | |||||
| 35 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 81 | ||||||
| 25 to 35 " | 32 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 74 | |||||
| 35 to 45 " | 29 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 51 | |||||
| 45 to 55 " | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 41 | |||||
| 33 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | ||||||
| 55 to 65 " | 26 | 6 | 3 | . | 35 | . | . | |||
| 65 & Upwards | 6 | . | . | 1 | 7 | 9 | . | . | 1 | 10 |
| TOTALS | 189 | 131 | 37 | 33 | 390 | 79 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 146 |
TUBERCULOSIS ALLOWANCES
The scheme for the provision of allowances to patients giving up
work to undergo treatment (which cane into operation in Juno 1943)
continued to function as part of the Council's Tuberculosis Dispensary
Service.
MASS MINIATURE RADIOGRAPHY
Early in the year the London County Council intimated that arrangements
had been made for putting the Government Scheme for mass radiography
into operation for a limited extent to serve residents of Lewisham
and the adjoining areas. A Radiographic Mobile Unit was established
temporarily at The London County Council's South Eastern
Hospital, New Cross.
The quota of Lewisham residents for examination was between 1500
and 2000 and in consequence of the United use of the apparatus arrangements
were made to concentrate on selected groups from the larger
industrial concerns in the Borough and from the Borough Council's. Staff.
1289 Volunteers took advantage of the Scheie and they were transported
in an omnibus to the hospital and back.