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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
Bethnal Green 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Tuberculosis Register.
| Pulmonary | Non -Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register 31/12/33 | 4S7 | 382 | 256 | 205 | 1330 |
| Number of new cases notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930, during the year | 80 | 47 | 15 | 13 | 155 |
| Transferred from non-pulmonary | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Other cases added to the Tuberculosis Register during year | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 31 |
| Number of cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during year. (For details see separate statement) | 588 | 437 | 272 | 221 | 1518 |
| 104 | 55 | 19 | 29 | 207 | |
| Transferred to pulmonary | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cases remaining on Tuberculosis Register 31/12/34 | 484 | 382 | 252 | 191 | 1309 |
Notification is fairly satisfactory on the whole
but delay is sometimes experienced in the receipt of
notifications of admissions to and discharges from
sanatoria.
There were 9 deaths certified from Tuberculosis
in which the deceased person had not previously been
notified. This represents 11 per cent, of the- deaths
from Tuberculosis during the year. Enquiry of the
certifying practitioner in each case elicited the following
explanations :—
Assumed previously notified 3
Diagnosis only reached at or immediately
before death 3
Certified by Coroner 1
No reply 2