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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 60.
| Pulmonary. | Non. Pulmonary. | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Number on Register at 1st January, 1926 | 889 | 739 | 268 | 260 | 2156 |
| Number of additions | 195 | 134 | 35 | 26 | 390 |
| Number of deletions | 165 | 115 | 27 | 29 | 336 |
| Number on Register at 31st December, 1926 | 919 | 758 | 276 | 257 | 2210 |
Deaths. The number of deaths from tuberculosis was
165, 148 being certified as due to pulmonary tuberculosis
and 17 to other forms. These are the lowest figures recorded
since the notification of this disease became compulsory, and
the rates correspondingly are also the lowest. The following
Table, No. 61, shows the number of deaths and the death
rates from all forms of tuberculosis each year since 1912:
TABLE No. 61.
| Deaths. | Death.rates. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Non. Pulmonary. | All Forms. | P ulmonary. | Non. Pulmonary. |
| 1912 | 175 | 129 | 46 | 1.44 | 1.06 | 0.38 |
| 1913 | 218 | 184 | 34 | 1.78 | 1.50 | 0.28 |
| 1914 | 229 | 177 | 52 | 1.87 | 1.45 | 0.42 |
| 1915 | 237 | 197 | 40 | 1.83 | 1.52 | 0.31 |
| 1916 | 210 | 169 | 41 | 1.61 | 1.30 | 0.31 |
| 1917 | 215 | 176 | 39 | 1.63 | 1.33 | 0.30 |
| 1918 | 231 | 199 | 32 | 1.72 | 1.48 | 0.24 |
| 1919 | 196 | 171 | 25 | 1.44 | 1.26 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 188 | 161 | 27 | 1.38 | 1.18 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 207 | 168 | 39 | 1.50 | 1.22 | 0.28 |
| 1922 | 190 | 163 | 27 | 1.37 | 1.18 | 0.19 |
| 1923 | 191 | 172 | 19 | 1.36 | 1.22 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 199 | 171 | 28 | 1.42 | 1.22 | 0.20 |
| 1925 | 187 | 160 | 27 | 1.33 | 1.14 | 0.19 |
| 1926 | 165 | 148 | 17 | 1.16 | 1.04 | 0.12 |