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Hampstead 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
The following table, compiled from the Register of Notifications
kept in pursuance of Article 10 of the Tuberculosis Regulations, 1930,
indicates the number and distribution of cases during the year.
At the present time 16 discharged soldiers in receipt of a pension for tuberculosis are resident in Hampstead. The number of cases of tuberculosis known to the department at the end of 1934 totalled 435 —347 pulmonary and 88 non-pulmonary.
| Tuberculosis Regulations, 1930. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| Number of cases on the Register at the com— mencement of the year 1934 | 164 | 183 | 37 | 36 | 201 | 219 |
| Number of cases notified under the Regulations for the first time dur— ing the year... | 38 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 47 |
| Number of cases re— moved from the Re— gister in a preceding year which have been restored to the Re— gister during the year | 3 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 5 |
| Number of cases brought under notice otherwise than by notification during the year | 20 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 23 |
| 225 | 238 | 47 | 56 | 272 | 294 | |
| *Number of cases re— moved from the Register during the year | 53 | 63 | 3 | 12 | 56 | 75 |
| Number of cases re— maining on the Regis— ter at the end of the year | 172 | 175 | 44 | 44 | 216 | 219 |
These consist of cases which have been denotified, and those which have died or removed
from the Borough.