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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
Deptford 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
The number of deaths for the year is 89 as compared with 102 for 1934.
| 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1895 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary deaths | 100 | 92 | 94 | 92 | 83 |
| Non Pulmonary deaths | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
Analysis of the notifications and deaths for the year according
to sex and age are given in the accompanying tables:—
Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1935.
| Age Periods. | New Cases.* | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 10 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 20 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – |
| 25 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | – | – |
| 35 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | – | – |
| 55 | 9 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 4 | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 6 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – |
| Totals | 91 | 68 | 20 | 17 | 50 | 33 | 4 | 2 |
*Note—Including 32 cases which came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer
of Health otherwise than by notification, viz., death returns, "transfers,"
posthumous notification, Forms C and D.
P ulmonary T uberculosis.
| Interval between Notification and Death in 1935. | |
| Not notified | 9 |
| Died before notification | 6 |
| Died within one week of notification | 5 |
| ,, ,, one week to one month | 6 |
| ,, „ one month to six months | 17 |
| ,, ,, six months to one year | 6 |
| ,, „ one to two years | 8 |
| ,, ,, two to three years | 7 |
| „ ,, three to four years | 2 |
| ,, „ four to five years | 5 |
| ,, „ five to six years | 5 |
| „ „ six to seven years | — |
| ,, ,, seven years and upwards | 7 |
| 83 | |