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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
Bethnal Green 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Patients added to the Register otherwise than by notification.
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Notification is fairly satisfactory on the whole,
but delay is sometimes experienced in the receipt of
notifications of admissions to and discharges from
sanatoria.
There were 18 deaths certified from Tuberculosis
in which the deceased person had not previously been
notified. Enquiry of the certifying practitioner in
each case elicited the following explanations: —
Due to oversight or pressure of work 1
Previous notification assumed or alleged 1
Diagnosis only reached at or immediately
before death 13
Certified by Coroner 1
No reply 2
Ten of these cases were Tuberculous Meningitis.
Late notification, probably due to delay in seeking
medical treatment, is shown by the following figures: —
Notified practically at time of death 8
,, within 1 month „ " 6
„ „ 3 months „ „ 12
„ „ 6 months „ „ 15