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Bexley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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TUBERCULOSIS. 1943.
Particulars relating to the same, and also to the deaths which occurred during 1943 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5—10 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 10—15 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15—20 | 9 | 13 | – | 3 | 1 | 6 | – | – |
| 20—25 | 9 | 7 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 25—35 | 15 | 12 | – | 3 | 5 | 3 | – | – |
| 35—45 | 17 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| 45—55 | 12 | 4 | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | – |
| 55—65 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 73 | 44 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 16 | – | 1 |
The number of non-notified tuberculosis deaths was 8.
TUBERCULOSIS. 1944.
Particulars relating to the same, and also to the deaths which occurred during 1944 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5—10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 10—15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15—20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 20—25 | 11 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| 25—35 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | – | \– |
| 35—45 | 8 | 6 | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – |
| 45—55 | 14 | 2 | – | – | 6 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 55—65 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 67 | 35 | 6 | 4 . | 22 | 15 | 1 | – |
The number of non-notified tuberculosis deaths was 16,
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