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Stepney 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Health Ministry of Health. Form T.157
(Tuberculo1933.
sis) Regula[ -Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January,
tions, 1930. 1933, to tlie 3lst December, 1933,in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.
Formal Notifications.
| Age periods | Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis | Total Notifications. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | Total (all ages) | ||
| Pulmonary Males | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 62 | 39 | 44 | 35 | 10 | 254 | 291 |
| ,, Females | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 134 | 150 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 64 |
| „ „ Females | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 35 | 40 |
SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.
PART II.—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 periods | 0- | 1— 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| ,, Females | - | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | - | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 5 |
| ,, ,, Females | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained is stated below :—
| Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
| Death Returns | from local Registrars | 11 | 4 |
| transferable deaths from Registrar General | 3 | 1 | |
| Posthumous notifications | - | - | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 11 | 2 | |
| Other Sources | - | - | |
PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1933, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health. | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females Total | ||
| 1112 | 577 | 1689 | 358 | 377 735 | 2,424 | |
| Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason inter alia of:— | ||||||
| l. Withdrawal of notification | 34 | 16 | 50 | 11 | 4 15 | 65 |
| 2. Recovery from disease | 24 | 14 | 38 | 18 | 11 29 | 67 |
| 3. Deaths | 146 | 66 | 212 | 26 | 15 41 | 253* |
*18 of these refer to old cases, ascertained during the revision of the Register.