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Lewisham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:—
Table 40
| Division | Sex | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Tolal. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | Respiratory | M | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 34 | |
| F | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 24 | ||||||
| Non-respiratory | M | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | |||||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | M | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 37 | ||
| F | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 25 | |||||
| North | Respiratory | M | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 32 | ||
| F | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 31 | |||
| Non-respiratory | M | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| F | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | M | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 34 | ||
| F | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 36 | |||||
| South | Respiratory | M | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 38 | ||||
| F | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 | ||||
| Non-respiratory | M | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | |||||||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||||
| Total | M | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | - | 43 | |||
| F | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 37 |
Last year with regard to the above table I remarked on (1) the
relatively high number of cases in the age group 15-20, and (2) the total
female to male preponderance in respiratory tuberculosis in the South
division. Since 1952 the proportion of female to male cases there had
been 88 percent, 78 percent, 80 percent, and 129 percent. This year the
figures are remarkably different. Only 13 cases of respiratory tuberculosis
occurred in the age group 15-20 (against 43); and the female to
male ratio in the South reverted to "normal," this time being 95 percent.
With regard to the 1956 figures generally, there were 58 cases of
respiratory tuberculosis in the West, 63 in the North, and 74 in the
South (compared with 83, 85, and 87 respectively in the previous year
— a comparison which may or may not be significant).