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Fulham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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36
TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year under review the Tuberculosis Register has been
corrected by the removal of all cases under the headings: recovered, arrested,
diagnosis not confirmed, lost sight of, left the district, or died, and the addition
of all new cases notified, in accordance with the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations.
The details of these removals and additions are as follows:—
| Pulmonary: | Non-Pulmonary: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | TOTALS: | |
| Number of cases on register at commencement of 1934 | 545 | 549 | 306 | 294 | 1,694 |
| Number of cases removed during the year | 114 | 100 | 38 | 18 | 270 |
| 431 | 449 | 268 | 276 | 1,424 | |
| Number of cases notified for the first time during 1934 | 148 | 128 | 25 | 17 | 318 |
| Number of cases remaining on the register at the end of 1934 | 579 | 577 | 293 | 293 | 1,742 |
The number of cases notified for the first time during 1934 shown in the
above table includes 291 cases analysed in Table VII. (page 40) and 27 in
Table VIII. (page 41); these 27 cases are, of course, also included in the 270
cases removed from the Register during the year.
In Table IV. (page 28) the notifications received during the year are
classified according to the ages of the persons affected and the number of
cases notified in each ward of the Borough is also given.
MORTALITY FROM TUBERCULOSIS.
| Respiratory System:— | ||
| 112 Deaths | 64 males, 48 females. | |
| Death Rate | 0.77 per 1,000, being 0.08 lower than in 1933. | |
| 94 notified (83.93 per cent.) | ||
| 18 not notified (16.07 per cent.). notified after death; | Of these 18 cases, 2 were 13 died in Institutions. | |