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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 1938
[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, 1938, to December 31st, 1938.
| 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 | 65 and upwards | Total | ||
| Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | — | — | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 52 | 49 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 236 | 302 |
| Females | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 52 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 162 | 203 | |
| Non-Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | — | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 39 | 42 | |
| Females | — | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 36 | 39 |
* Re-notifications (Form A) = 107 (males 66, females 41) pulmonary, and
6 (males 3, females 3) non-pulmonary.
Pulmonary— 97 private, 195 hospitals, 106 dispensaries = 398 total
primary notifications.
Non-pulmonary—10 private, 57 hospitals, 8 dispensaries = 75 total primary
notifications.
Institutional treatment.—Notifications were also received during the period
stated above respecting 545 pulmonary and 38 non-pulmonary admissions,
and 423 pulmonary and 46 non-pulmonary discharges.