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Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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The present arrangements for the Tuberculosis Dispensary are as follows:—
The Dispensary is at the University College Hospital, Gower Street, in the
Borough of St. Pancras.
The Dispensary covers the whole of the Borough of Holborn.
The Tuberculosis Officer attends three sessions each week, namely, Monday
and Wednesday afternoons and Thursday evenings.
The Dispensary Nurse assists at the Dispensary and visits cases in their
homes.

Table: Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 4th January, 1925, to the 2nd January, 1926, in the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.

Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 4th January, 1925, to the 2nd January, 1926, in the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.

Age-periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications oil Form B,N umber of Notifications on Form C.
Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.Poor Law InstitutionsSanatoria.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 and upwards.Total Primary Notifications.Under 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.Total Primary Notifications.
Pulmonary Males.........1121077323344...............2318
,, Females............368832...3038...............1113
Non-pulmonary Males...11......1...............33..................3
,, Females...1...16..................89..................5

Table: Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the period from the 4th January, 1925, to the 2nd January, 1926, 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 during the period from the 4th January, 1925, to the 2nd January, 1926, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.

Age-periods.0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total Cases.
Pulmonary Males...............23122...10
,, Females...1............11...3
Non-pulmonary Males....................................
,, Females11...........................2