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TUBERCULOSIS
Notifications
The total number of new cases which came to the notice of
the Department during 1954 was 738 compared with 663 in 1953.
The sources of information regarding the 738 new cases were
as follows:
Primary notifications on Form A 387
Notifications from H.M. Forces 5
Unnotified at death 4
Transfers from other sanitary authorities 342
Total 738
It will be noted that the number of transfers from other boroughs
was 342 compared with 253 in 1953. This increase is explained by
the growth of the new housing estates in Wandsworth. A degree of
medical priority is, of course, given to tuberculosis patients with
regard to new housing and a proportion of the occupants of the
new housing estates are cases of tuberculosis rehoused under medical
and health priority.
Deaths
The number of deaths certified as due to various forms of tuberculosis
was 68.
Particulars of the new cases and deaths during the year, classified
by sexes and age-groups are given in the following table: