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 1927
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21 deaths. | 13 males, 8 females (including 2 deaths from disseminated tuberculosis). |
Death rate. | 0.13 per 1,000, compared with 0.10 for 1926. |
16 notified (76.2 per cent.), 5 not notified (23.8 per cent.), of whom 4, or 80 per cent., died in institutions. |
Period between Primary Notification and Death
Respiratory system:— | |
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Under 1 month | 24 (21.4 per cent.) |
1-3 months | 12 (10.7 per cent.) |
3-6 months | 8 (7.1 per cent.) |
6-12 months | 19 (17.0 per cent.) |
1-2 years | 22 (19.7 per cent.) |
Over 2 years | 27 (24.1 per cent?) |
Notified after death | — |
Under 1 month | 12 (75.0 per cent.) |
1-3 months | — |
3-6 months | 2 (12.5 per cent.) |
6-12 months | — |
1-2 years | — |
Over 2 years | — |
Notified after death | 2 (12.5 per cent.) including one death from 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.
Tables V. and VI., pages 48 and 49, give dispensary
statistics, notification and mortality figures for the
Borough since 1913.