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Poplar 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930.

Part 1.— Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1934, to the 31st December, 1934 in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of poplar (to which this Return relates).

Age Periods.Formal Notifications.
Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis.Total Notifications.
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-Total (all ages).
Pulmonary—Males2151517191321154112171
,, Females383202420954192147
Non-Pulmonary—Males4912321112430
,, Females922232112127
Col. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)

PART II.— SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

Age Periods.0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-Total.
Pulmonary—Males2226444125
,, Females332210
Non-Pulmonary—Males812118
,, Females213

The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained should be stated below:—

Source of Information.Number of Cases.
Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
Death Returnsfrom Local Registrar?62
transferable deaths from Registrar-General22
Posthumous notifications34
"Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths)112
Other Sources, if any (specify) Forms 1 & 2131

PART III.— NOTIFICATION REGISTER

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total Cases.
Males.FemalesTotal.Males.FemalesTotal.
Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1934, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the Metropolitan Borough4603608202091363451,165
Number of cases removed from the Register during the year by reason inter alia, of:—
1. Withdrawal of notification
2. Recovery from the disease, cured and no longer suffering21163714193370
3. Diagnosis not confirmed16117
4. Death885313???12719157