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Shoreditch 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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19.
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and deaths during the year are given in the following table :-
| Age Periods. | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 5-15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15-25 | 16 | 17 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 25-45 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 45-65 | 14 | 8 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 65-75 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 75 and upwards | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 63 | 50 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
During the year Sanitary Inspectors visited all new cases of tuberculosis
notified and also inspected the homes of all patients discharged
from hospital or removing from another area into thi3 Borough.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS 1925.
These Regulations prohibit a person suffering from tuberculosis, and
who is in an infectious condition, from following any employment or occupation
in connection with a dairy which would involve the milking of cows,
the treatment of milk, or the handling of vessels used for containing milk.
No formal action was necessary during the year.