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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The period which elapsed between notification and death
is shown in the following Table :—
TABLE No. 41.
| Pulmonary. | Percentage. | Non. Pulmonary. | Percentage. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified at death | 29 | 17.3 | 19 | 48.7 |
| 0.1 months | 10 | 6.0 | 10 | 25.6 |
| 1.3 | 24 | 14.3 | 2 | 5.1 |
| 3.6 | 29 | 17.3 | .. | .. |
| 0.12 „ | 27 | 16.1 | 1 | 2.6 |
| 1.2 years | 21 | 12.3 | 3 | 7.7 |
| 2.5 | 20 | 11.9 | 4 | 10.3 |
| Over 5 years. | 8 | 4.8 | .. | .. |
| 168 | .. | 39 | .. |
This Table shows some slight improvement as compared
with the similar Table published in the previous two years
but it is far from satisfactory. The unsatisfactory part
is probably due in the main to delay by persons suffering
from this disease in seeking medical advice due in many
cases no doubt to a want of appreciation of the condition
from which they are suffering. Many adults and
children have pulmonary tuberculosis without knowing it,
and can give it to others, but these persons, if they are
careful and clean, are not dangerous to those with whom they
live. So long as this state of affairs, as shown in the Table,
continues whereby over 37 per cent. of chest cases are notified