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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
London County Council 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The sources of information as to the unnotified cases shown in the above table
were as follows :—
| Source of information | Number of cases | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||
| Death returns | from local registrars | ||
| transferable deaths from Registrar-General | |||
| Posthumous notifications | |||
| "Transfers" from other areas | |||
| Other sources | |||
The returns received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930, from the medical officers of health of the metropolitan boroughs show that
there were 23,201 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (13,340 males and 9,861 females)
and 6,890 cases of other forms of tuberculosis (3,501 males and 3,389 females) on
the registers of the metropolitan boroughs at the end of 1938.
The following statement shows the changes in the numbers on the registers, for the whole county, during 1938 and also during the previous year.
| 1937 | 1938 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases on notification register at beginning of the year | ||
| Cases added to register during the registration year, by— | ||
| notification | ||
| otherwise | ||
| Cases removed from register during the registration year— | ||
| Cured, removed, etc. | ||
| Deaths | ||
| Cases on the register at the end of the year— | ||
| Pulmonary— | ||
| Males | ||
| Females | ||
| Other forms— | ||
| Males | ||
| Females | ||
| Total | ||
| No. per 1,000 of population |