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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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In the following Table appears a summary of cases coming to the knowledge of
the Department in 1932. 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.

Table: TABLE No. 71.Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1932.

TABLE No. 71.

Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1932.

Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
0-1 year——1—--1—
1-5 years—115—1—2
5-10 „5473—-11
10-15 „2335—1—1
15-20 „121944281—
20-25 „1234226122—
25-35 „26232213141—
35-45 „21174—22121—
45-55 „201421170——
55-65 ,,13612182—1
65 and upwards71215-12
1181222925835687

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The following Table, No. 72, shows the site of the disease in patients notified
each year since 1928.

Table: TABLE No. 72.

TABLE No. 72.

Year.Lungs.Meninges.Intestines and Peritoneum.Glands.Joints.Spine.Other Forms.All Causes.
19282631081711511325
192925077161165302
193024465181538299
193122911518827280
193223566118512283