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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
Edmonton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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The total number of names thus added to the register during the year excluding, of course, non-notified deaths, was:—
| Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|
| New cases—Respiratory | 72 | 34 |
| „ „ Non-respiratory | 10 | 13 |
| Transferred cases—Respiratory | 16 | 6 |
| „ „ Non-respiratory | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 99 | 55 |
The cases dying of tuberculosis and not previously notified were:—
| Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | 3 | 3 |
| Non-respiratory | 3 | 3 |
There were thus 12 non-notified deaths out of a total of 91 persons registered
as dying of tuberculosis. (Registrar's figures.)
Regarding the non-notification of the above cases, there was no suggestion
of wilful neglect or of refusal to notify.
The non-respiratory forms of tuberculosis notified were:—
| Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|
| Miliary | 1 | — |
| Spine | — | 1 |
| Other bones and joints | 3 | 3 |
| Meningeal | 4 | 3 |
| Glands | — | |
| Abdomen | — | 2 |
| Kidney | — | 2 |
| Breast | — | 1 |
| Skin | — | 1 |
The Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, relate
to tuberculous employees in the milk trade; whilst Section 172 of the Public
Health Act, 1936, gives power to the Local Authority to remove to hospital
certain cases of tuberculosis who are dangerous to other people.
No occasion during the year has occurred in which it has been necessary
to invoke these powers.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
The number of cases of tuberculosis on the register at the end of 1937 was:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary forms | 266 | 192 | 458 |
| Non-pulmonary forms | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| Totals | 336 | 260 | 596 |