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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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In Table No. 54 appears a summary of the cases coming to the knowledge of
the Department during the year. It includes all notifications except those received
on admission or discharge from institutions and duplicate notifications. It includes
also cases not notified but included in the Death Returns. Deaths during the year
are classified in the same Table by age and sex groups.
TABLE No. 54. Tuberculosis—New Cases and Mortality, 1933.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1-5 years | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5-10 years | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 10-15 years | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 15-20 years | 10 | 17 | 6 | — | 5 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 20-25 years | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | — |
| 25-35 years | 30 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 4 | — |
| 35—45 years | 17 | 15 | — | 2 | 12 | 10 | — | 1 |
| 45-55 years | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 55-65 years | 15 | 5 | — | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 108 | 99 | 22 | 23 | 62 | 54 | 12 | 7 |
(2) Transfer of information to other areas.—In accordance with the Regulations,
26 notifications were sent to other Medical Officers and 19 were received.
(3) Deletions. -In addition, deletions have been made from the register in the
case of patients who have died; who have been lost sight of; who have been cured,
and in whom the diagnosis was not confirmed.