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Battersea 1927

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927

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Table: Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health or Chief (Administrative) Tuberculosis Officer during the period from the 2nd January, 1927, to the 31st December, 1927, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912 *

Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health or Chief (Administrative) Tuberculosis Officer during the period from the 2nd January, 1927, to the 31st December, 1927, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912 *

Age Periods0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Cases.
Pulmonary Males——1———11137
„ Females——1——1237
Non-pulmonary Males121—2——————6
„ Females—2———3——1——6

Table: The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained should be stated below:—

The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained should be stated below:—

Source of Information.No. of Cases.
Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.
Death Returns14† cases notified after death—12 unnotified94
"Inward" Transfers (Death returns only)58
Other Sources, viz.:——

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* Note.—New cases first coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification may in some instances afterwards be formally notified on Form A or Form B.
Such cases should be included in the appropriate columns of the Summary of Notifications overleaf and not in the Supplemental Return, unless the formal notification
in any of such cases was improperly made, e.g., after death of the person, in which event the case should appear in the Supplemental Return.
No case should be included both in the Summary of Notifications and in the Supplemental Return.
† Includes 1 case not classified to Tuberculosis (accidental death).