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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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patients and. contacts and with the wholehearted co-operation of the
County Council School and Health staffs, the spread was checked.
TUBERCULOSIS
The number of primary notifications of tuberculosis (155) was
a similar figure to that of the previous year.
There were 22 deaths in the Borough attributable to tuberculosis,
against 23 the previous year.

Table: TABLE No. 16The following is an extract from the Tuberculosis Register for 1956:-

TABLE No. 16

The following is an extract from the Tuberculosis Register for 1956:-

PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
MFTotalMFTotal
Cases notified for the first time.96491456612
Other additions to Register during the year, including transfers of patients from other areas413273325
Cases on Register at 31st December, 195610167991815116111227

Table: The following table gives the age groups of new cases notified:-

The following table gives the age groups of new cases notified:-

Formal Notifications
Number of PrimaryNotifications of New Cases
0- 11- 55-1515-2525-3535-4545- 5555-6565-7575 & upTotal (all age
PULMONARY -
Males-27157181716196
Females1238813832149
NON-PULMONARY-
Males-222------6
Females-1-1--2---4
Total17122615312716182155