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Forms A and B are the Medical Notifications, and include
also re-notifications of patients moving into the Institutions
from outside or leaving the Institutions to continue Poor
Law medical treatment outside. Forms C and' D are nonmedical
notifications, sent in by Superintending Officers of
Poor Law Institutions and Relieving Officers respectively.
During 1909, a total of 904—785 notifications and 119 renotifications,
have been received, viz. : 493 under Form A
(119 re-notifications), 227 under Form B, and 184 under Form
C. No notification has been received under Form D (Relieving
Officers).
Under the other sources of notification may be mentioned
specially the London County Council Education Department
(Medical Officer)—23 communications during 1909, dealing
with 31 cases of scholars suffering from (a) consumption of
lungs (18); (b) general tuberculosis (9); and (c) suspected
consumption of the lungs (4). Other details will be found in
Tables I., II. and V.
In each case notified, from whatever source, disinfection is
carried out at the premises as required, and leaflets are distributed.
In this way, there is reason to believe that much
good is accruing in preventing not only the spread of the
disease but also its development in susceptible persons.
Taking all the notifications received during 1909—a total cf
1093, the disease (consumption of the lungs) appears to have
a greater incidence upon the Inner than the Outer Districts
(Registration and Wards), viz., 805 to 288. This is due to
(1) the more crowded conditions, persons in houses and
houses over area, and (2) the different (poorer) status of
the inhabitants, that exist in the former as compared with the
latter.
Taking all the notifications received from medical men
during 1909, and excluding the re-notifications (119 in