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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE NO. 19
The following is an extract from the Tuberculosis Register for 1963:-
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | Total | M | F | Total | |
| Cases notified for the first time | 19 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Other additions to Register during the year, including transfers of patients from other areas. | 20 | 27 | 47 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Cases on Register at 31st December, 1963. | 773 | 645 | l,4l8 | 44 | 64 | 108 |
The following Table gives the age groups of new cases notified:-
| 0- 1 | 1- 4 | 5- 14 | 15- 24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 & up | Total (All ages) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PULMONARY- | |||||||||||
| Males | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 19 |
| Females | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 19 |
| NON-PULMONARY- | |||||||||||
| Males | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Females | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| TOTAL: | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 45 |
MASS X-RAY SERVICE
I am indebted to Dr. Morgan, the Director of the South East London
Mass X-Ray Service for the following information on the work of the Unit
in the Borough during 1963.
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