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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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practitioners, cases not notified but included in death returns, and inward transfers
from other areas. It does not include any duplicate notifications or those received
from Medical Superintendents of hospitals on admission or discharge of patients.
Deaths during the year are classified in the same table by age and sex groups.
TABLE No. 52. Tuberculosis—New Cases and Mortality, 1938.
| Age Periods. | New Casks. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 year | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 1—5 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 5—15 years | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15—26 years | 25 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 25—35 years | 37 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 35—45 years | 26 | 8 | - | 2 | 8 | 6 | — | — |
| 45—55 years | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | — |
| 55—65 years | 23 | 4 | 1 | — | 21 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 65 and upwards | 8 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| Totals | 142 | 93 | 25 | 25 | 71 | 46 | 7 | 4 |
The following Table No. 53 shows the site of disease in patients notified each
year since 1934.
TABLE No. 53.
| Year. | Lungs. | Meninges. | Intestines and Peritoneum. | Glands. | Joints. | Spine. | Other Forms. | All Causes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 219 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 269 |
| 1935 | 209 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 242 |
| 1936 | 217 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 253 |
| 1937 | 228 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 264 |
| 1938 | 204 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 248 |