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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 54. Tuberculosis—New Cases and Mortality, 1937.
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| 5—15 years | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
| 15—25 years | 33 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 25—35 years | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | — | 2 |
| 35—45 years | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | — | — |
| 45—55 years | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 55—65 years | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 7 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 132 | 105 | 24 | 19 | 64 | 41 | 7 | 7 |
Excluding duplicates, 228 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 36 cases of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified. Fifty-three duplicate notifications
were received during the year due in most instances to the fact that notifications
are given both by general practitioners and hospital medical officers who are ignorant
of each other's action.
The following table shows the actual number of new cases notified during 1937
and the corresponding case rates.
TABLE No. 55.
| Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | The Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis: | ||||
| Cases | 47 | 112 | 69 | 228 |
| Rates | 1.61 | 1.59 | 1.41 | 1.52 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis: | ||||
| Cases | 4 | 13 | 19 | 36 |
| Hates | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.38 | 0.26 |