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Woolwich 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Tuberculosis.
The Council's tuberculosis scheme was set out very fully in the Annual Report
for 1930 and no substantial change took place during 1931.
Notifications. During the year, excluding duplicates, 229 cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis and 51 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified. Cases of
tuberculosis are often notified more than once, and in this way during the year
96 duplicate notifications were received. The number of cases notified from each
of the different wards of the Borough is shewn in Table No. 56.
TABLE No. 56.
Ward Incidence of Tuberculosis, 1931.
| St. Mary's | 8 | — |
| River | 20 | 3 |
| St. George's | 18 | 3 |
| Burrage | 15 | 2 |
| Herbert | 9 | — |
| Glyndon | 20 | 6 |
| St. Margaret's | 18 | 4 |
| Central | 9 | 1 |
| St. Nicholas' | 29 | 9 |
| Abbey Wood | 20 | 3 |
| Well Hall | 13 | 4 |
| Sherard | 25 | 6 |
| Avery Hill | 17 | 5 |
| Total | 229 | 51 |
In the following Table appears a summary of cases coming to the knowledge
of the Department in 1931. It includes notifications received from general
practitioners, cases not notified but included in the death returns and cases transferred
from other areas. It does not include notifications received from Medical
Superintendents of hospitals on admission or discharge of patients or any duplicate
notifications. Deaths occurring within the year are classified in the same Table
by age and sex groups.