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Poplar 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
No action was taken under the above Regulations during the year.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924 and 1930.
Summary of Quarterly Returns to the London County Council.
| Quarter ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March. | J une. | September. | December. | ||
| Number of Cases on Register at commencement of quarter | 1,362 | 1,273 | 1,254 | 1,242 | |
| Number of New Cases notified | 75 | 83 | 49 | 51 | |
| Number of Cases restored to Register, etc. | 4 | — | 3 | 9 | |
| Number of Cases removed from Register | 198 | 102 | 64 | 106 | |
| Number of Cases on Register at end of quarter. | * Pulmonary | 869 | 851 | 847 | 815 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 404 | 403 | 395 | 382 | |
| Totals | 1,273 | 1,254 | 1,242 | 1,197 | |
Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of all Deaths from the disease:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. (Reg. General s figuress). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non- Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 — | _— | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 5 — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 10— | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 15— | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 2 | |
| 20— | 12 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 25— | 23 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | |
| 35— | 18 | 11 | — | — | 15 | 6 | 1 | |
| 45— | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | ||
| 55— | 14 | 5 | — | — | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 109 | 91 | 21 | 17 | 73 | 61 | 10 | 10 |
The ratio of non-notified Tuberculosis deaths to total Tuberculosis deaths was 5.8%.