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Greenwich 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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REPORT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
In presenting this, my first, report on the work of the
Tuberculosis Department, it is gratifying to be able to state that
co-operation with other departments, practitioners, charitable bodies,
and the Public Assistance Committee has been well maintained
during the year under review. The declining incidence of, and
mortality from, tuberculosis referred to in previous reports is again
apparent, when comparisons are made to average figures for a number
of years.
Comments on the work of the Dispensary are made later in this
Report under various headings.
The Notifications and Deaths, are as follow:— Tabel A.-
| Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total |
| 113 | 23 | 136 | 75 | 10 | 85 |
| and the averages for the previous ten years : — | |||||
| 128 | 41 | 96 | 15 | ||
These figures give an Incidence Rate for all forms of the
disease of 1.40 per 1,000 of the population (1.16 pulmonary and .23
non-pulmonary).
Table B.—The Death Notification Interval of 73 patients who died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in 1934 is shown below : —
| Information from Death Returns | 2 |
| Died within one month of notification | 7 |
| Died within three months of notification | 4 |
| Died within six months of notification | 4 |
| Died over six months of notification | 56 |
In two cases where death occurred before notification the reasons
were as follow : —
(1) Case transferred in previous year and removed from the
register, returned to live in the Borough, shortly before death, without
the knowledge of the department.
(2) Tuberculosis discovered as contributory cause of death on
post-mortem examination.