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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 1937
[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, 1937, to December 31st, 1937.
| 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 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 51 | 39 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 221 | 318 |
| Females | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 156 | 209 | |
| Non-Pulmonary- | |||||||||||||
| Males | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 45 | 48 |
| Females | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 40 |
* Re-notifications (Form A) = 150 (males 97, females 53) pulmonary, and
7 (males 3, females 4) non-pulmonary.
Pulmonary—78 private, 183 hospitals, 116 dispensaries = 377 total
primary notifications.
Non-pulmonary—6 private, 66 hospitals, 9 dispensaries = 81 total primary
notifications
Institutional treatment. Notifications were also received during the period
stated above respecting 548 pulmonary and 22 non-pulmonary admissions,
and 415 pulmonary and 34 non-pulmonary discharges.