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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
Southwark 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 48. TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods. | New Cases.* | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |
| 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 58 | 15 | 25 | 3 |
| 20 | 48 | 4 | 28 | 1 |
| 25 | 64 | 8 | 28 | 2 |
| 35 | 75 | 6 | 36 | 1 |
| 45 | 47 | 1 | 38 | 4 |
| 55 | 29 | 4 | 23 | 3 |
| 65 and upwards. | 16 | — | 13 | 3 |
| Total | 343 | 105 | 197 | 33 |
(1) The ratio of non-notified deaths to notified cases is 1 to 66.
Notification is carried out efficiently, but frequently too late to be
of any service. There has been no need to take action on
grounds of wilful neglect or refusal to notify.
(2) Tuberculosis is not marked in any special occupation if the
varying numbers employed in these trades is considered and the
proportions adjusted.