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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
Hornsey 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1950 was 862, viz., pulmonary 755, non-pulmonary 107.
TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| (a) Number of Cases on Register at commencement of year | 393 | 303 | 54 | 47 | 447 | 350 |
| (b) Number of Cases notified for first time during year under Regulations | 49 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 52 |
| (c) Cases restored to Register | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Cases added to Register otherwise than by notification under Regulations (1) Transferred from other Districts | 25 | 22 | 4 | - | 29 | 22 |
| (2) From Death Returns | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 49 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 41 | |
| (/) Number of Cases remaining on Register at end of year | 420 | 335 | 59 | 48 | 479 | 383 |
Cases removed from the Register shown under
| Found not to be T.B. | Recovered | Removed to another area | Died at home | Died at Sanatorium or other Institution | TOTAL | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| PULMO NARY | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 37 |
| NO N - PUL MONAR Y | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ~ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||