Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years
Table 44
Year | Population | New cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers) | Notifrate per 100,000 pop. | Deaths | Death rate from resp. tuberculosis per 100,000 pop. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All forms | Respiratory | Lewisham | County of London | ||||
1954 | 224,200 | 256 | 114 | 38 | 36 | 16 | 18 |
1955 | 223,400 | 271 | 121 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 16 |
1956 | 222,100 | 212 | 95 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 13 |
1957 | 220,900 | 247 | 112 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 12 |
1958 | 221,000 | 236 | 107 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 12 |
1959 | 221,000 | 143 | 65 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
1960 | 221,300 | 134 | 61 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
1961 | 220,910 | 123 | 56 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
1962 | 222,170 | 103 | 46 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 9 |
1963 | 222,730 | 122 | 55 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 |
Tuberculosis — environmental conditions
Case papers showing the environmental conditions of new patients attending the Lewisham Chest Clinic in 1963 have been analysed in 164 cases with the following results :—
Cases | %* | |
---|---|---|
Males | 101 | |
Females | 63 | |
Social classification:— | ||
Class I | - | - |
Class II | 10 | |
Class III | 91 | |
Class IV | 20 | |
Class V | 15 | |
Not classifiable | 28 | - |
Rooms occupied:— | ||
2 or more rooms per person | 25 | |
1—2 rooms per person | 77 | |
Less than 1 room per person | 42 | |
No information | 20 | - |
\ccommodation:— | ||
Separate bed | 54 | |
Separate bedroom | 38 | |
Condition of premises occupied:— | ||
Good | 132 | |
Fair | 18 | |
Poor | 8 | |
No information | 6 | - |
*Excluding cases not classified