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.
113 new cases were notified during the year, or 10 less than in the previous
year:-
Limehouse District 26
St. George-in the-East 14
Mile End Old Town 41
Whitechapel District 32
Deaths from diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Phthisis, from 1926 to 1930.
Limehouse. | St. George's. | Mile End. | Whitechapel. | Whole Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1926 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 41 |
1927 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 39 |
1928 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 33 |
1929 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
1930 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
The death-rate for the whole Borough was .10 per 1,000 of the population.
Of the 241 deaths certified to be due to Phthisis and all other forms of
Tuberculosis:—
Number dying unnotified 8
Local L.C.C. Institutions 2
Other Institutions 3
General Practitioners 3
Number notified at death 33
Local L.C.C. Institutions 21
Other Institutions 9
General Practitioners 3
Number notified within one month of death 40
Number notified within three months of death 1
Number notified within six months of death 1