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Kensington 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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67
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of notifications received during the year was 229, which is the lowest figure recorded
since the introduction of notification in 1912. The pulmonary cases notified totalled 182, and the
non-pulmonary, 47.

Table: The following table shows the number of cases of both forms of the disease notified in the borough and the several wards therein during each year since 1925.

The following table shows the number of cases of both forms of the disease notified in the borough and the several wards therein during each year since 1925.

District.Years.
1925.1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.
The Borough292317252276241260245260236229
North Kensington207227166179156178149174148142
South Kensington85908697858296868887
Wards.
St. Charles52503948395649554648
Golborne56695357414640484341
Norland67594449434231423529
Pembridge32493025333429292424
Holland27201125202117251717
Earl's Court18252520211923172921
Queen's Gate1315101178981012
Redcliffe18222526252032242024
Brompton981515121415121213

Table: The following summary shows the age and sex distribution of the cases notified and the deaths from this disease during the year:—

The following summary shows the age and sex distribution of the cases notified and the deaths from this disease during the year:—

Age periods.New cases.†Deaths.
Respiratory.Non-respiratory.Respiratory.Non-respiratory.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
0----1---
1—151__11
51_31_1_1
10_1671-_-
156163425--
2011201l7823
2516344l121012
3515111l77—1
4517122214811
5575—393——
65 and upwards541—531—
Totals781042621584569

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Primary notifications of persons notified during life to be suffering from tuberculosis.