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London County Council 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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The death.rate from all forms together in 1935 was also the lowest ever
recorded in London.
The number of primary notifications in metropolitan boroughs during the year
1935, after correction of figures within each metropolitan borough by the exclusion of
cases notified as primary but subsequently found to have been previously notified,
was 6,459, the corresponding figure for 1934 being 7,087. The following is an analysis
of the notifications in London during the year 1935.

Table: Table 31.

Table 31.

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal notifications
0-1.6.10.15.20.25.35.45.55.65 +Total all ages
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.430526223638470853051935314330214047
F.3275375315512674312176965022933169
Other forms of tuberculosisM.13871239663616344242013607714
F.1064796362789642201014538633
All forms of tuberculosisM.1711717515829944577157454337315636284761
F.13911321383775907703541961066428313802

Table: In addition to the primary cases shown in the above table, a number of cases came to the knowledge of medical officers of health otherwise than by notification. These figures include cases not notified until after death:— Table 32.

In addition to the primary cases shown in the above table, a number of cases came to the knowledge of medical officers of health otherwise than by notification. These figures include cases not notified until after death:— Table 32.

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNew cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification
0.1.5.10.15.20.25.35.45.55.65 +Total
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.263122869154101776444560
F.135114110813079371829462
Other forms of tuberculosisM.72329361914209535170
F.522211317242716749165
All forms of tuberculosisM.92932484783174110826749730
F.62526245813215795442238627

Table: The sources of information as to the unnotified cases shown in the above table were as follows:— Table 33.

The sources of information as to the unnotified cases shown in the above table were as follows:— Table 33.

Source of informationNumber of cases
PulmonaryNon .pulmonary
Death returnsfrom local registrars16649
transferable deaths from Registrar.General10046
Posthumous notifications5632
"Transfers " from other areas683202
Other sources176

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The returns received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930, from the medical officers of health of the metropolitan boroughs show that
there were 25,656 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (14,580 males and 11,076 females)
and 9,010 cases of other forms of tuberculosis (4,730 males and 4,280 females) on
the registers of the metropolitan boroughs at the end of 1935.
The following table has been prepared from quarterly returns supplied by the
medical officers of health of the metropolitan boroughs as to the number of cases
added to and removed from the notification registers in each borough during the
registration year, and the numbers remaining on the registers at the beginning and
end of the period. As these figures relate to the registration year, the totals are not
the same as those shown in the preceding tables.