[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) Borough.
- Gillingham (Kent, England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1927
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The following Table, compiled from local records, gives details ivitli regard to sc.r, age, etc., of notified new cases and deaths during 1927. Age Periods New Cases Deaths. Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary M F M F M F M F 0 — — -— — — — — 1 — — 1 1 — — 1 — 5 — — 5 2 — — — — 10 1 1 2 2 — —• — 1 15 2 — — 1 3 2 — 20 3 9 — — 5 3 — — 25 11 7 1 2 3 7 — — 35 4 4 — 1 6 1 — 45 11 1 — 1 5 — — — 55 2 2 — — 1 1 — — 65 and upwards — — — — — — — 34 24 9 9 18 19 • 2 1 V. >* 58 18 39 3 Tuberculosis Death Rate. According to the Registrar General’s returns there were 41 deaths from tuberculosis,—38 from tuberculosis of the lungs and 3 from surgical tuberculosis. This gives a death rate of ‘8 per 1000 of the population, the lowest on record with one exception (year 1925]. As the death rate rose considerably during 1926 it would appear that this was merely one of the fluctuations which must be expected in the mortality rate of any disease which is gradually falling over a series of years](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29255363_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
