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Wandsworth 1934

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

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37
TUBERCULOSIS.
Notification.—The total number of new cases of Tuberculosis
which came to the notice of the Department during 1934
was 621, as compared with 610 in 1933, 642 in 1932, 613 in 1931,
638 in 1930 and 690 in 1929.
The sources of information regarding the 621 new cases
in 1934 were as follows:—
Primary notifications on Form A
Primary notifications on Form B
Transfers from other Sanitary Authorities
Naval and military notifications
Un-notified at death
Total
482
–
117
3
19
621
Table XIX.—In the form suggested by the Ministry of
Health, gives details regarding the site of disease, sex, and
age grouping of these new cases ; also similar details regarding
deaths from Tuberculosis during the year.