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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
Woolwich 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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M etropolitan B orough of W oolwich.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the year 1913.
| Age periods. | Number of Notifications on Form A. from Private Medical Practitioners. | Number of Notifications on Form B. from School Medical Officers. | Number of Notifications Form 0. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications, i.e., including cases previously notified by other doctors. | Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications, i.e., including cases previously notified by other doctors. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Total. | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total. | |||||
| Pulmonary Males | - | 6 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 58 | 48 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 264 | 264 | — | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 60 |
| ,, Females | — | 10 | 40 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 249 | 249 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 44 | |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 4 | 11 | 27 | 15 | 6 | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 72 | 72 | — | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | — | 14 |
| ,, Females | — | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 57 | 57 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 4 | 32 | 111 | 85 | 68 | 70 | 109 | 94 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 642 | 642 | — | 15 | 18 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 122 |