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Bethnal Green 1927
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927
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TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year, a detailed investigation of the tuberculosis records wa6 made by Mr. J. H. Lloyd, Chief Clerk, with a view to tracing the after-history of cases of tuberculosis first notified in the years 1917 and 1922. The results of these investigations are summarized in the following statistics:
| Position at end of 1926. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases notified in 1917 | Dead | R'moved from Boro' | Cured* | Still on Register | Died in same year as notified | Died within 5 years | |
| 387 | 187 | 114 | 40 | 46 | 85 | 168 | |
| Percentage of total | 100 | 48.3 | 29.5 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 21.9 | 43.4 |
| Patients who had sanatorium treatment | 78 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Percentage of each group who had sanatorium treatment | 20 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 37 | ||
| Average aggregate period of sanatorium treatment per patient in months | 4-8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 50 | ||
| Cases notified in 1922 276 | 178 | 43 | — | 55 | 102 | 178 | |
| Percentage of total | 100 | 64.5 | 15-6 | — | 19.9 | 36.9 | 64.5 |
| Patients who had sanatorium treatment | 89 | 39 | 21 | — | 29 | ||
| Percentage of each group who had sanatorium treatment | 33 | 22 | 49 | — | 53 | ||
| Average aggregate period of sanatorium treatment per patient in months | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | — | 9.9 | ||
*The word "cured" is used in the general sense of the disease having been
quiescent for a period of years. The absence of patients classified as cured in
1922 group is due to the five years rule in the revision of the register not
having had time to operate.