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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE 12
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| No. of cases on register 1.1.63 | 336 | 248 | 46 | 54 | 684 |
| No. of cases notified during 1963 | 19 | 13 | 3 | - | 35 |
| Other cases added to register during 1963 | 13 | 8 | 2 | - | 23 |
| 368 | 269 | 51 | 54 | 742 | |
| No. of cases removed from register during 1963 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 61 |
| Remaining on register 31.12.63 | 331 | 250 | 49 | 51 | 681 |
Contacts or Carriers of Infectious Disease
Circular 115/48 of the Ministry of Health empowers the Medical Officer of
Health to issue certificates to persons who have been in contact with or who are
carriers of infectious disease , thus enabling them to claim sickness benefit under the
National Insurance Acts , when he deems it necessary to require a contact or carrier of
infectious disease to stay away from work. During the year under review two such
certificates were issued