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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
Lambeth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE L. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Summary of Notifications received during the period from January 1st, 1936, to December 31st, 1936.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis | *Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified) | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | upwards | Total | ||
| Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 224 | 315 |
| Females | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 123 | 164 |
| Non-Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | — | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 36 |
| Females | — | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 26 | 28 |
* Re-notifications (Form A) = 132 (males 91, females 41) pulmonary, and
6 (males 4, females 2) non-pulmonary.
Pulmonary—71 private; 169 hospitals, 107 dispensaries = 347 total
primary notifications.
Non-pulmonary—11 private, 42 hospitals, 5 dispensaries = 58 total primary
notifications.
Institutional treatment.—Notifications were also received during the period
stated above respecting 517 pulmonary and 38 non-pulmonary admissions,
and 373 pulmonary and 40 non-pulmonary discharges.