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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 1915
[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 1915.
| Number of Notifications on Form A. from Private Medical Practitioners. | Number of Notifications on Form B. from School Medical Officers. | Number of Notifications Form C. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods. | 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 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 52 | 63 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 258 | 280 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 66 |
| „ Females | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 30 | 18 | 9 | — | 155 | 168 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 51 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| „ Females | — | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 27 | 27 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Total | 8 | 22 | 64 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 82 | 95 | 46 | 25 | 4 | 476 | 513 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 130 |