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The death rate in 1925 from all forms of Tuberculosis in Chelsea was
0.9 per 1,000. Of the total number of deaths (62) from ail forms of
Tuberculosis, eight died non-notified or prior to notification. The
ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was
therefore as one is to eight. The corresponding ratio for 1924 was 1:4.
Making allowance for difficult and doubtful cases in which a diagnosis
cannot be established until after death, the notification of tuberculosis
is carried out fairly efficiently in the Borough. During the year, however,
a communication was addressed to every medical practitioner in the
area with a view to securing still more systematic and prompt notification,
not only of tuberculosis but of the notifiable infectious diseases generally.
In Chelsea, the total number of new notifications received each year
since 1921, has been very similar. Thus, 128 cases were notified in 1921,
135 in 1922, 131 in 1923, 137 in 1924, and 135 in 1925. The number
of deaths certified as being due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis during each
of these years were 58, 51, 52, 77 and 62, respectively.
Cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough. The Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1924, provide that the Medical Officer of Health shall
furnish to the County Medical Officer, as soon as practicable after the
end of each quarter, a statement showing:—
(a) The number of cases of Tuberculosis on the register at the
mencement of the quarter;
(b) The number of cases notified under the Regulations, 1912, for the
first time during the quarter;
(c) The number of cases removed from the register during the quarter,
giving the name and address of each such case and the reason for
such removal; and
(d) The number of cases remaining on the register at the end of the
quarter.

Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925. The
Regulations provide, inter alia, that no person suffering from respiratory
tuberculosis who is in an infectious condition shall be engaged in any
form of dairy work involving the milking of cows, the treatment of
milk, or the handling of milk containers. Investigations in connection
with these Regulations have been made in the Borough but no case
calling for action has thus far been discovered.