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Lewisham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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The age distribution of the new cases of tuberculosis notified by
formal notification and the deaths from tuberculosis during the year
are shown in the following table:—
Table 44
| Age periods | New cases notified | Deaths | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Totals | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Totals | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0- | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 1- | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| 2- | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 5- | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| 10- | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| 15- | 10 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | ||
| 20- | 14 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 25 | ||||||
| 25- | 35 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 37 | l6 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |
| 35- | 32 | 14 | — | 1 | 32 | 15 | ||||||
| 45- | 16 | 7 | - | - | 16 | 7 | l6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 6 | |
| 55- | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | ||||||
| 65- | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | - | 7 | - |
| 75- | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 149 | 117 | 14 | 19 | 163 | 136 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 23 |
Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:—
Table 45
| Division | Sex | 0- | /- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | Pulmonary | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 2 | - | 55 |
| F | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Non-pulmonary | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| Total | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 2 | - | 57 | |
| F | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| North | Pulmonary | M | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 46 |
| F | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 40 | ||
| Non-pulmonary | M | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | |
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | ||
| Total | M | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 52 | |
| F | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 51 | ||