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Bethnal Green 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.

PART I.—SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS during the period from the 3rd January, 1932, to the 31st December, 1932, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.

AGE PERIODSFormal Notifications
Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal Notifications
0—1—5—10—15—20—25—35 —45—55—65—total (all ages)
Pulmonary Males......4391381515617493
Females...1...11691875446588
Non-Pulmonary Males...152535111...2427
,, ,, Females1211131.........11114
PART II.—SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN —New Cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.
AGE PERIODS0—1—5—10-15—20—25—35—45—55—65—Total
Pulmonary Males11.........55...42119
,, Females111...111...1119
Non-Pulmonary Males1...31......1............6
„ ,, Females...3121...1......1110
The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained, is stated below:
Source of InformationNo. of cases
PulmonaryNonPulmonary
Death Returnsfrom local Registrars64
transferable deaths from Registrar General51
Posthumous notifications64
"Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths)117
Other Sources if any (specify)......
PART III.—NOTIFICATION REGISTER.
Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1932, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the County Borough, or Metropolitan BoroughPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal cases
MalesFem'lsTotalMalesFem'lsTotal
5043858892541924461335
Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason inter aliaol:—1 Withdrawal of notification3...3...225
2Recovery from the disease3142137
3 Death65441094812121
4 Patients removed from Borough...............104
6 Lost trace..................76
Total..................313