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Paddington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis of all kinds is notifiable, and particulars of the number of notification certificates
received during the year 1930 are set out in the tables appended hereto.
Owing to the fact that a case of tuberculosis may be notified in several boroughs or districts,
the number of notification certificates received is only a very imperfect guide to the amount
of tuberculosis in the Borough. There is also the consideration that notification is more strictly
enforced in some districts than in others. However, recent alterations in procedure tend to
make the number of cases on the tuberculosis register serve as a guide to the real prevalence
of the disease. One can also take the annual number of deaths as being a measure of prevalence.
This is probably the most exact method which can be used at the present time.
From pulmonary tuberculosis there were 104 deaths in 1930, and from other tuberculous
diseases there were 10 deaths.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis of all kinds was 116 in 1928, 128 in 1929 and 114 in 1930. In recent years the numbers of deaths were as follows:—
| Tuberculosis of the Lungs. | Other Tuberculosis. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| 35—45 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 3 | Primary Notifications— | |
| 0— 1 year | — | - | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1— 5 years | — | - | — | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 6—10 | 1 | - | 1 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| 10—15 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15—20 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20—25 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 25—35 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 4 | |||||
| 45—55 | 18 | 8 | 26 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 55—65 | 15 | 6 | 21 | — | - | - |
| 65 years and over | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 102 | 88 | 190 | 34 | 40 | 74 |
| Cases re-notified | 91 | 67 | 158 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Total Notifications on Form A | 193 | 155 | 348 | 49 | 53 | 102 |
| Primary Notifications by School Medical Officers— | ||||||
| 0— 5 years | — | — | — | — | — | -_ |
| 5—10 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10—15 „ | — | — | — | — | _ | - |
| Cares re-notified | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total Notifications on Form B | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 1930. No. of Notifications on Forms C and D. | ||||||
| Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||||
| c. | d. | C. | d. | |||
| 12 | ||||||
| — | ||||||