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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
Holborn 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are stated below: —
| Source of Information | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
| Death Returns | From local Registrars | 1 | 1 |
| Transferable deaths from Registrar General | 6 | – | |
| Posthumous notifications | 1 | – | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 7 | – | |
| Other Sources if any (specify) | – | – | |
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December 1934, on the Registers cf Notifications | 178 | 94 | 272 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 333 |
| Number of cases removed from the Registers duiing the year by reason inter alia of :— | |||||||
| Withdrawal of notification | – | – | – | – | – | _ | – |
| Recovery from the disease | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| Death | 25 | 12 | 37 | 1 | – | 1 | 38 |
Tuberculosis Notifications.
Excluding duplicates the total number of notifications received on Form A
or B during the year 1934 was 73; 16 other cases were brought to my knowledge
(making 89 new cases in the year). These were:—Private cases 18, hospital
cases 39, Public Assistance cases 20, from death returns 5, transfer from other
districts 7.
Of the 89 cases entered on the Register in 1934, 83 were pulmonary tuberculosis
and 6 non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Sixty-four of the cases were removed
for treatment to hospitals, sanatoria, &c.
Sleeping Conditions.
In 64 of the 89 new cases of tuberculosis in 1934 it was possible to obtain
information as to the sleeping conditions at the date of notification.