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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The distribution of the various cases notified since 1919 is as follows:—
TABLE No. 44.
| Year. | Lungs. | Meninges. | Intestines and Peritoneum. | Glands. | Joints. | Spine. | Other Forms. | All Causes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 394 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 474 |
| 1920 | 359 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 428 |
| 1921 | 285 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 356 |
| 1922 | 245 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 305 |
| 1923 | 245 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 311 |
Cases of Tuberculosis in the District. The Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1921, impose on the Medical Officer
of Health the duty of keeping the Tuberculosis Register
up to date. This work has been carried out throughout the
year and the cases on the register at the end of the year can
be classified as follows—the corresponding figures for 1922
being given for purposes of comparison :—
1923 1922
Number of cases reported to be well 1,360 1,278
Number of cases presumably suffering
from active tuberculosis 929 933
Total number of cases in the Borough 2,289 2,211
It will be noted from these figures that they do not agree
with what may be described as the natural increase of notifications
over deaths. The discrepancy is due to the cases
transferred to other districts, and to those untraced during
the year.