Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
140 new cases were notified, or 23 more than in the previous year:—
Notifications. | Deaths. | |
---|---|---|
Limehouse | 38 | 9 |
St. George's | 23 | 13 |
Mile End Old Town | 55 | 14 |
Whitechapel | 24 | 11 |
Deaths from diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Phthisis, from 1901 to 1921:—
Limehouse District. | St. George's. | Mile End. | Whitechapel. | Whole Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1901 | 60 | 73 | 54 | 52 | 239 |
1902 | 43 | 49 | 89 | 52 | 233 |
1903 | 52 | 37 | 61 | 45 | 195 |
1904 | 44 | 35 | 61 | 34 | 174 |
1905 | 42 | 29 | 53 | 35 | 159 |
1906 | 57 | 47 | 53 | 57 | 214 |
1907 | 51 | 50 | 59 | 42 | 202 |
1908 | 38 | 40 | 64 | 25 | 167 |
1909 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 26 | 144 |
1910 | 33 | 26 | 43 | 35 | 137 |
1911 | 40 | 40 | 59 | 27 | 166 |
1912 | 29 | 15 | 39 | 22 | 105 |
1913 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 21 | 125 |
1914 | 52 | 24 | 50 | 26 | 152 |
1915 | 30 | 24 | 43 | 21 | 118 |
1916 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 89 |
1917 | 23 | 26 | 39 | 25 | 113 |
1918 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 86 |
1919 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 50 |
1920 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 50 |
1921 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
Of the 299 deaths certified to be due to Phthisis, 130, or nearly onehalf,
had not been notified during life-time.
Of the 169 notified during life-time, 17 were notified at the same time
that the deaths were certified, 21 died within a month of their being notified,
25 died within 1 and 3 months of their being notified, and 17 between 3 and
6 months. This result is even worse than in the previous year, when 123
out of 283 deaths had not been notified during life-time.
The Dispensaries were taken over by the Borough Council on April 1st,
1921, and re-organised. Their usefulness is severely handicapped through