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The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis in Chelsea was 1.2
per 1,000. Of the total number of deaths (76) from all forms of Tuberculosis,
nine died non-notified or prior to notification. The ratio of nonnotified
tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was therefore
as one is to eight. The corresponding ratio for 1927 was 1: 9. 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.
The returns made in accordance with these Regulations show that
the numbers of cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough on 31st December
last was as follows:—

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.