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Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1931
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Notifications.—The total number of notifications received was
169, but 54 of these related to cases which had been previously notified,
so that the total number of new notifications was 115. In the previous
year, the corresponding number was 158. The notifications received
on forms I. and II., i.e., notifications from institutions regarding admission
and discharge, are not included in the foregoing figures. In Table No.
50 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 17 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. 50. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality during 1931.
Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | M. | |
0—1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
1— 5 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – |
5—10 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
10—15 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
15—20 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | – | – |
20—25 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – |
25—35 | 6 | 16 | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | – |
35—45 | 16 | 7 | – | – | 7 | 3 | – | – |
45—55 | 8 | 7 | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – |
55—65 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – |
65 and upwards | 5 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | – |
Totals | 53 | 54 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 20 | – | 1 |
The death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis in Chelsea was 0-91
per 1,000. Of the total number of deaths (52) from all forms of Tuberculosis,
six died non-notified or prior to notification. The ratio of
non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was therefore
as one is to nine. The corresponding ratio for 1930 was 1: 12.
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.
Cases of Tuberculosis in the Borough.—The Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1930, 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
commencement of the quarter;