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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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In the tables on pages 122 to 124 is shown the information
required by the Ministry of Health in regard to notifications.
ine localisation ot the disease m the il\ new cases notified or reported in 1935 was as under:—
| Pulmonary | 214 |
| N on-Pulmonary— | |
| Bones and joints | 17 |
| Abdomen | 8 |
| Other organs | 19 |
| Peripheral glands | 13 |
| — 57 |
Non-Notification of Tuberculosis. The following table gives particulars in regard to non-notification of Tuberculosis for the 10 years 1926-1935:—
| Year. | Not notified (dead). | Notified after Death. | Notified on Form i. & ii. (Primary Notification not received). | Reported from other source* | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 34 |
| 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 |
| 1935 | 8 | 19 | — | 7 | 34 |
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 1935 in this connection.
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
The death-rate from Tuberculosis was again lower in 1935
than in the previous year, being 85.02 per 100,000 population, as
compared with 87.5 in 1934, 94.8 in 1933, 104.5 in 1932, and 108.3
in 1931. This is the lowest rate yet recorded in Battersea.