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Willesden 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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D. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis Notifications.—The total number of
notifications received for the 53 weeks ending 1st January,
1916, was 798.
During the year the actual number of persons notified
as suffering from Tuberculosis was 125, the percentage of
multiple notifications being 16.7.
The following Table, No. 33, shows the number of notifications
and the number of new cases each year since 19o9 :
Table No. 33.
| Year. | No. of notifications received. | No. of new cases to which notifications refer. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | other forms. | Pulmonary. | other forms. | Total. | |
| *1909 (calendar year) | 196 | ... | 107 | ... | 107 |
| 1910 („ „) | 140 | ... | 61 | ... | 61 |
| **1911 („ „) | 241 | ... | 230 | ... | 230 |
| †1912 (52 weeks) | 851 | ... | 487 | ... | 487 |
| ‡1913 („ „) | 693 | 181 | 368 | 146 | 514 |
| 1914 ( „ ,, ) | 613 | 122 | 326 | 90 | 416 |
| 1915 (53 „ ) | 700 | 98 | 344 | 81 | 425 |
| Total | 3434 | 401 | 1923 | 317 | 2240 |
*Poor Law Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notifiable from Ist january, 1909
**Hospital ,, ,, ,, ,, ,. ,, 1st May, 1911
†A11 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1st January, 1912
‡All Cases of all forms of „ ,, ,, 1st February, 1913
838 of the 2,240 cases of Tuberculosis notified in
Willesden since 19o9 were living in the area at the end of
the year.
The 344 new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notified in
1915 include 15 in which the lung disease was associated
with disease in other organs: glands 4, larynx 5, spine 3,
intestines 1, peritoneum 1, abdomen and neck 1.