London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Measles, dysentery
Notes on the incidence of these diseases are included in the
introduction to this report.
Tuberculosis
The age distribution of the new cases of tuberculosis notified by
formal notifications and the deaths from tuberculosis during the year
are shown in the following table:—
Table 39
| Age periods | New cases notified | Deaths | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Totals | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Totals | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1- | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2- | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5- | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10- | 3 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15- | 7 | 6 | — | 2 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20- | 9 | 15 | 1 | — | 10 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25- | 21 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 29 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 3 |
| 35- | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 16 | ||||||
| 45- | 16 | 9 | — | — | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 |
| 55- | 10 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||||||
| 65- | 14 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 |
| 75+ | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| 104 | 91 | 10 | 7 | 114 | 98 | 24 | 5 | - | - | 24 | 5 | |