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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
Battersea 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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In the tables on pp. 65 to 67 is shown the information required
by the Ministry of Health in regard to notifications.
The localisation of the disease in the 275 new cases notified
or reported in 1933 is summarised below:—
Localisation of Disease.
| Shoulder | 1 | ||||
| Lungs | 213 | Cervical | 9 | Spine | 1 |
| Lungs and Glands | 2 | Mesenteric | 1 | Trochanter | 1 |
| Lungs and Larynx | 1 | Facial | 1 | Wrist | 2 |
| Lungs and Meninges | 1 | Unspecified | 1 | ||
| Lungs and Hip | 1 | Abscess | 1 | ||
| Mediastinal Glands | 1 | Back | 1 | ||
| Genitals | 2 | ||||
| Intestines | 2 | Kidneys | 2 | ||
| Peritoneum | 5 | Suprarenals | 1 | ||
| Meninges | 9 | (15) | Testicle | 1 | |
| Urinary tract | 1 | ||||
| Arm | 1 | ||||
| Hip | 4 | ||||
| Knee | 2 | Miliary | 2 | ||
| Eyes | 1 | Leg | 2 | ||
| Iris | 1 | Rib | 1 | Total | 275 |
Non-Notification of Tuberculosis.
| Year. | Not notified (dead). | Notified after Death. | Notified on Form i. & ii. (Primary Notification not received). | Reported from other sources | Total. |
| 1927 | 12 | 14 | - | - | 26 |
| 1928 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| 1929 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 34 |
| 1930 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| 1931 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 40 |
| 1932 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 55 |
| 1933 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 37 |
In accordance with the suggestions contained in the circular
letter of the Ministry of Health, dated 22nd December, 1924,
with reference to the requirement of notification, in all cases
where the obligation of notification is not complied with, the attention
of the medical practitioner concerned is drawn to the omission,
and an explanation requested. It was not found necessary to take
any action during 1933 in this connection.
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
The death-rate from Tuberculosis was considerably lower in
1933 than in the previous year, being 94.8 per 100,000 population,