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Bethnal Green 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930 PART I .—SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS during the period from the 1st January, 1937, to the 31st December, 1937, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.

Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930 PART I .—SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS during the period from the 1st January, 1937, to the 31st December, 1937, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green.

AGE PERIODS Formal Notification
Number of Primary Notification of new cases of tuberculosisTotal Notification
0—1—5—10—15—20—25—35—45—55—65—total (all ages
Pulmonary Males...111651288965770
„ Females......2331014944...4955
Non-Pulmonary Males...2142...1...1...11213
„ Females...112112121...1213

Table: PART II.-—SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN. —New Cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

PART II.-—SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN. —New Cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

AGE PERIODS0—1—5—10—15—20—25-35—45—55—65—Total
Pulmonary Males...11...123443322
„ Females............1131.........6
Non-Pulmonary Males...31...3............1...8
„ Females............1...............12
The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned eases was obtained, is stated below:

Table:

Source of InformationNo. of cases
PulmonaryNonPulmonary
Death Returnsfrom local Registrars43
transferable deaths from Registrar General...,...
Posthumous notifications3....
"Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths)217
Other Sources if any (specify).......

Table: PART III. —NOTIFICATION REGISTER.

PART III. —NOTIFICATION REGISTER.

Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1937, on the Register of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the Metropolitan BoroughPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal cases
MalesFemalsTotalMalesFemalsTotal
4353607952101613711,166
Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason of:-
1 Withdrawal of notification...44.........4
2 Recovery from the disease134491317
3 Death572784561195
4 Otherwise3730671782592
Total9564159202349208