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The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis in Chelsea was
1.03 per 1,000. Of the total number of deaths (66) from all forms of
Tuberculosis, nine died non-notified or prior to notification. The
ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was
therefore as one is to seven. The corresponding ratio for 1926 was 1 :7.
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.
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 commencement
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.