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Stepney 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Notification A complete review of this register has taken place this year and the
Register. register to all intents and purposes now contains only those cases who are
known to be alive and to be living in Stepney. There are still a certain
proportion of cases which it is hoped to be able to take off in the near future.
These are the cases who have surely recovered by now. The difficulty
here is that they cannot be taken off the register without first being examined
by a Medical Officer, and it can be understood that it is not easy to persuade
a patient who is feeling perfectly fit, to present himself for examination. The
dispensary returns show that the condition of 188 such cases was not ascertained
during the year. The majority of these cases could be taken off as
" recovered " if they could only be examined.
The Tuberculosis Officers have this constantly in mind, and it is hoped
before long to be able to take most of these 188 cases off the register.

Table: Public Ministry of Health . Form T.157 Health 1932. (Tuberculosis) Regula- PART I —Summary of Notifications during the period from the 3rd January, tions, 1930. 1932, to the 31sfc December, 1932, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.

Public Ministry of Health . Form T.157 Health 1932. (Tuberculosis) Regula- PART I —Summary of Notifications during the period from the 3rd January, tions, 1930. 1932, to the 31sfc December, 1932, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.

Age periodsFormal Notifications.
Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of TuberculosisTotal Notifications.
0—1—5—lO-15—20—25—35—45-55—65—Total (all ages)
Pulmonary Males--3112524574043328243273
„ Females-229142135257125132153
Non-pulmonary Males21117663—33--5154
„ Females151812215-1-14647

Table: SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.PART IT.—New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.

PART IT.—New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

Age periods0—1-5-10—15—20—25—35—45—55—65—Total
Pulmonary Males---1134611421
„ Females--1--131-2—8
Non-pulmonary Males12-----2-1-—6
„Females--1--1-1-1-4
The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained is stated below :—
Source of Information.No. of Cases.
PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary.
Death Returnsfrom local Registrars146
transferable deaths from Registrar General102
Posthumous notilicationsf-—
" Transfers " fromother areas (other than transferable deaths)52
Other Sources...—-

Table: PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.

PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.

Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1932, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health.PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryTotal Cases
MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotal
140182522264654569213,147
Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason inter alia of :—
1. Withdrawal of notification19183716744
2 Reco\ ery from disease292655291948103
3. Death254125379351651430*
4. Removals11283195242347242