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others being here temporarily as guests (refugees, etc.). The number
of new "Hampstead" patients notified for the first time in 1914 was,
therefore, 123—of these, 56 were males and 67 females.
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis.—Of the 38 non-pulmonary cases, 8
had been previously notified. Four of the remaining 30 cases were not,
properly speaking, "Hampstead" residents, 2 beiug institution cases,
and 2 here temporarily as guests. The number of Hampstead cases
brought to my notice for the first time in 1914 was therefore 26, —13
males and 13 females.
It will bo noted that the number of new eases occurring among
"Hampstead" residents notified during the year 1914 differs from the
number of new cases referred to elsewhere in the Report. This is
accounted for by the fact that, in accordance with the terms of the
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, some cases were newly
notified to me who were not, properly speaking, "Hampstead" residents,
but the certificates in respect of whom I was bound to accept.
.Such for instance were : —
Persons discharged from outlying institutions to institutions in the
Borough.
Casuals of no home, admitted to Hampstead Workhouse Infirmary.
The total number of notification certificates (including duplicates)
received during 1914 relating to Hampstead patients suffering from
various forms of tuberculosis was 292, i.e., 249 pulmonary and 43
non-pulmonary.
In accordance with the terms of the regulations, I keep a register
containing the full particulars set out in each notification received by
me; and also at the end of each week a statement of all notifications
received during the week is sent to the County Medical Officer of
Health. The notes of the investigations made in each case are carefully
indexed and filed, and a most valuable record of tuberculosis in the
Borough is thus being compiled, which is found to be of assistance in
the steps which are taken to control the disease.