Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1926
This page requires JavaScript
61
Other Tuberculous Diseases—
17 deaths 9 males, 8 females (including 4 deaths
from disseminated tuberculosis).
Death rate 0.10 per 1,000, compared with 0.13 for
1925.
15 notified (88.2 per cent.), 2 not notified (11.8 per cent., both
of whom died in institutions).
Period Between Primary Notification and
Death.
Respiratory system—
Under 1 month 23 (16.5 per cent.).
1-3 months 22 (15.8 per cent.).
3-6 months 17 (12.2 per cent.).
6-12 months 17 (12.2 per cent.).
1-2 years 28 (20.1 per cent.).
Over 2 years 30 (21.4 per cent.).
Notified after
death 2(1.4 per cent.).
Other Tuberculous Diseases—
Under 1 month 13 (86.6 per cent.), including 2
seminated tuberculosis.
1-3 months 1 (6.7 per cent.).
3-6 months —
6-12 months —
1-2 years —
Over 2 years 1 (6.7 per cent.), disseminated tuberculosis.
Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis.—The
Tuberculosis Dispensary is situated at 114, New King's
Road. The working arrangements are exactly as
detailed in previous reports.
Table V., page 62, gives a summary of the whole
position of the tuberculosis problem in this Borough.