Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
The following table, compiled from the Register of Notifications
kept in pursuance of Article 10 of the Tuberculosis Regulations, 1930,
indicates the number and distribution of cases during the year.
At the present time nine discharged soldiers in receipt of a pension
for tuberculosis are resident in Hampstead. The number of cases of
tuberculosis known to the department at the end of 1935 totalled 440
—340 pulmonary and 100 non-pulmonary.
Tuberculosis Regulations,
1930.
Pulmonary.
Non-Pulmonary.
Totals.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Number of cases on the
Register at the commencement
of the year
1935 172 175 44 44 216 219
Number of cases notified
under the Regulations
for the first time during
the year 28 37 7 11 35 48
Number of cases removed
from the Register
in a preceding
year which have been
restored to the Register
during the year — 6 — 1 — 7
Number of cases brought
under notice otherwise
than by notification
during the year 13 13 1 5 14 18
213 231 52 61 265 292
*Number of cases removed
from the
Register during the
year 55 49 5 8 60 57
Number of cases remaining
on the Register
at the end of the
year 158 182 47 53 205 235
*These consist of cases which have been denotified, and those which have died or removed
from the Borough.