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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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In the tables on pp. 115 to 117 is shown the information
required by the Ministry of Health in regard to notifications.
The localisation of the disease in the 269 new cases notified
or reported in 1934 is summarised below :—
Localisation of Disease.
Pulmonary (218) Glands (16) Bones and Joints (17)
Lungs 206 Neck 11 Finger 1
Lungs and Larynx 1 Neck and axilla 1 Hip 4
Lungs and Pleura 2 Neck and groin 1 Hip and Elbow 1
Lungs and Menin- Arm 1 Hip and Spine 1
ges 1 Unspecified 2 Knee 2
Lungs and Kidney 2 Knee and Hip 1
Lungs and Tb. Spine 6
Enteritis 1 Wrist 1
Larynx 1
Pleura 4
Abdomen (6) Uro-Genital (1)
Brain (9) Abdomen 1 Renal and Tb.
Brain and Spine 1 Intestines 2 cystitis 1
Meninges 8 Peritoneum 2
Peritoneum and
Skin and sub-cuta- intestines 1 Disseminated (1)
neous Tissue (1) General 1
Palmar ganglion 1
Non-Notification of Tuberculosis. The following table gives particulars in regard to non-notification of Tuberculosis for the 8 years 1927-1934 :—
| 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 |
| 1934 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 33 |
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 other action during 1934 in this connection.
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
The death-rate from Tuberculosis was considerably lower in
1934 than in the previous year, being 87.49 per 100,000 population,