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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 1953
[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 1953 was 880, viz., pulmonary 775, non-pulmonary 105.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| (a) Number of Cases on Register at commencement of year | 445 | 340 | 56 | 47 | 501 | 387 |
| (b) Number of Cases notified for first time during year under Regulations. | 25 | 17 | . | 7 | 25 | 24 |
| (c) Cases restored to Register | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| (d) Cases added to Register otherwise than by notification under Regulations (1) Transferred from other Districts | 28 | 25 | 1 | . | 29 | 25 |
| (2) From Death Returns | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| (e) Number of Cases removed from Register | 65 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 53 |
| (/) Number of Cases remaining on Register at end of year | 438 | 337 | 54 | 51 | 492 | 388 |
Cases removed from Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows :—
| 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 |
| PULMONARY | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 49 |
| NON-PULMONAR Y | |||||||||||
| . | . | 2 | l | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |