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Fulham 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1926
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Tuberculosis.
During the year the Tuberculosis Register has been
corrected by the removal of all cases under the following
headings : Cured, arrested, diagnosis not confirmed,
lost sight of, left the district and died, and the addition
of all new cases notified, in accordance with the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.
At the end of 1926 the number of cases remaining on the Register was as under:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| Number of cases on Register at commencement of 1926 | 577 | 435 | 311 | 258 |
| Number of cases removed during the year | 177 | 140 | 48 | 38 |
| 400 | 295 | 263 | 220 | |
| Number of cases notified for the first time during 1926 | 174 | 138 | 67 | 55 |
| Number of cases remaining on Register at 31st December, 1926 | 574 | 433 | 330 | 275 |
It will be seen from Table IV. that 434 cases of
tuberculosis were notified during the year. Of these
312 were cases of tuberculosis of the respiratory system,
two were cases of disseminated tuberculosis, and 120
were due to tuberculosis of other organs. Table IV.
classifies the cases according to the ages of the persons
affected, and also gives the number of cases in each
ward of the Borough.
Mortality from Tuberculosis.
Respiratory system—
161 deaths 97 males, 64 females.
Death rate 0.98 per 1,000, being 0.04 higher than
in 1925.
139 notified (86.3 per cent.), 22 not notified (31.7 per cent.,
of whom 11, or 50 per cent., died in institutions).