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The Tables show a slight rise in the notifications of primary
cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis as compared with 1927, and a
very marked increase in the numbers of non-pulmonary cases
Although a larger population transferred here in 1928 that
in the previous year, the number of cases of Tuberculosis
amongst this group was smaller as regards the non-pulmonary
cases of both sexes and also for the male pulmonary, though
the female incidence of pulmonary disease showed some increase
The number of cases on the Register at the end of the year
was more than that at the beginning, an increase however
which was not proportionate to the increase in the population
Deaths.
The 50 pulmonary deaths are divisible into those occurring
amongst—
(a) Old residents of Dagenham 8
(b) Those who transferred from London free of
disease 9
The number of persons who lived here at various intervals
before contracting the disease are:—under 1 year, 1; 1 to 2
years, 2; 2 to 3 years, 2; 3 to 4 years, 2; 4 to 5 years, 1;
5 to 6 years, 1.
These persons lived after the onset of illness—under 1 year
6; under 2 years, 3.
This short period may possibly be accounted for by inpatients
not attending the Doctor and not being diagnosed
before the disease had reached a well advanced stage.