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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1929
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
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TABLE No. 38. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality during 1929.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0— 1 | — | 1 | —. | _ | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1-5 | _ | _ | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | |
| 5—10 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 10—15 | — | — | 1 | 1 | -—. | — | — | _ |
| 15-20 | 7 | 7 | — | _ | 1 | 3 | _ | _ |
| 20-25 | 10 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 25—35 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 35—45 | 15 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | _ |
| 45—55 | 13 | 5 | _ | 1 | 10 | 2 | _ | 1 |
| 55—65 | 6 | 2 | _ | __ | 3 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 65 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 4 |
The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis in Chelsea was 0.86
Per 1,000. Of the total number of deaths (54) from all forms of Tuberculosis,
six died non-notified or prior to notification. The ratio of nonnotified
tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was therefore
as one is to nine. The corresponding ratio for 1928 was 1 : 8. 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 compiled from the register of notifications
showing :—
(a.) The number of cases of Tuberculosis on the register at the com
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.