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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE NO. 17
The following is an extract from the Tuberculosis Register for 1962:-
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | Total | M | F | Total | |
| Cases notified for the first time. | 40 | 16 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Other additions to Register during the year, including transfers of patients from other areas. | 35 | 44 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Cases on Register at 31st December, 1962. | 819 | 673 | 1,492 | 40 | 68 | 108 |
The following Table gives the age groups of new cases notified:-
| Formal Notifications Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1- 4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 & up | Total (All ages) | |
| PULMONARY - | |||||||||||
| Males | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 40 |
| Females | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| NON-PULMONARY - | |||||||||||
| Males | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Females | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| TOTAL: | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 63 |