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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
Dagenham 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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42
Transfers.
This figure is taken as being roughly the number who removed from London to this district during the year.
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| Actual number of transfers | 43 | 41 | 15 | 11 |
| So. on register of 15,000 | 77 | 57 | 27 | 24 |
These figures show that the population moving here contains
a smaller proportion of cases of tuberculosis than is the
average incidence amongst the population of the Metropolitan
Boroughs. It is also less than the distribution throughout
England and Wales.
Sputum Analysis.
104 samples of sputum were submitted to analysis during
the year at the Essex County Public Health Laboratories.
Public Health Act, 1925, s. 62.
No action was taken during the year for the compulsory removal
to hospital of an infectious tuberculous person.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Notification of Births.
1,174 notifications of live births were received during the
year, 584 males and 590 females.
230 notifications (including still-births) were received from
medical practitioners and 967 from midwives. In addition
information was received of 51 births occurring outside the area.