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Chelsea 1930
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930
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Notifications.—The total number of notifications received was
228, but 70 of these related to cases which had been previously notified,
so that the total number of new notifications was 158. In the previous
year, the corresponding number was 106. The notifications received
on forms C and D, i.e., notifications from institutions regarding admission
and discharge, are not included in the foregoing figures. In Table No.
51 are shown, in the form required by the Ministry of Health, the detailed
figures relating to new cases and mortality during the year. Included
in this Table are 13 new cases which came to the knowledge of the
Medical Officer of Health during the year, otherwise than by notification
on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations.
TABLE No. 51. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality during 1930.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1— 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 5—10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 10—15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 15—20 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 20—25 | 8 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — |
| 25—35 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 35—45 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 45—55 | 17 | 12 | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 55—65 | 12 | 4 | 2 | — | 11 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 65 and upwards | 5 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 76 | 60 | 21 | 14 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 1 |
The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis in Chelsea was 0.97
per 1,000. Of the total number of deaths (61) from all forms of Tuberculosis,
five died non-notified or prior to notification. The ratio of
non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was therefore
as one is to twelve. The corresponding ratio for 1929 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