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Bexley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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TUBERCULOSIS. 1941.
Particulars relating to the same, and also to the deaths which occurred during 1941 are contained in the following table:—
| Age Period | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non Respiratory | Respiratory | Non Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1—5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5—10 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 10—15 | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15—20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 20—25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | – | 2 |
| 25—35 | 10 | 12 | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | – | – |
| 35—45 | 9 | 7 | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – |
| 45—55 | 7 | 2 | – | — | 6 | 1 | – | – |
| 55—65 | 8 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Totals | 50 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 |
The number of non-notified tuberculosis deaths was 13.
TUBERCULOSIS. 1942.
Particulars relating to the same, and also to the deaths which occurred during 1942 are contained in the following table:—
| Age Period | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non Respiratory | Respiratory | Non Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1—5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 5—10 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 10—15 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 15—20 | 14 | 8 | – | 2 | 6 | – | – | 1 |
| 20—25 | 11 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 25—35 | 10 | 10 | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| 35—45 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | – | – |
| 45—55 | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | – | –. |
| 5&—65 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 65 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
The number of non-notified deaths was 7.
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