Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 57. Tuberculosis—New Cases and Mortality, 1931.
Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | non- pulmonary | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
0-1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
1-5 | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 |
5-10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
10-15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
15-20 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | - |
20-25 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | - | - |
25-35 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | - | 1 |
35-45 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | - | - |
45-55 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | - | - |
55-65 | 19 | 5 | — | — | 15 | 4 | — | — |
65 and upwards | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
Totals | 152 | 98 | 31 | 24 | 86 | 62 | 13 | 7 |
The following Table, No. 58, shows the site of the disease in patients notified
each year since 1927.
TABLE No. 58.
Year. | Lungs. | Meninges. | Intestines and Peritoneum. | Glands. | Joints. | Spine. | Other Forms. | All Causes. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1927 | 269 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 353 |
1928 | 263 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 325 |
1929 | 250 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 302 |
1930 | 244 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 299 |
1931 | 229 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 280 |