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Willesden 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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D.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis Notifications.—The following Table,
No. 37, shows the number of notifications received during
the year ending 26th December, 1914:—
T able N o . 37.
No. of notifications of all forms of tuberculosis received from 28/12/13 to 26/12/14, both dates inclusive—
| On Form A., i.e., from medical practitioners of cases not previously notified | 510 |
| On Form B, i.e., from School Medical Inspectors of cases not previously notified by them | 15 |
| On Form C., i.e., from Medical Officers of Poor Law Institutions and Sanatoria of cases previously notified and admitted to these in-stitutions | 97 |
| On Form D., i.e., from Medical Officers of Poor Law Institutions and Sanatoria of cases previously notified and discharged from these institutions | 113 |
| Total number of notifications received for the 52 weeks ending 26th December, 1914 | 735 |
A distinction has to be drawn between the number of
notifications received and the actual number of persons
affected with tuberculosis. Tuberculosis differs from the
other notifiable diseases in the fact that it is in most cases
essentially chronic, and so the liability to multiple notification
of any case is increased. It will also be apparent from
the above Table, No. 37, that certain cases may be notified
four times at least, by the medical practitioner, by the school