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Hampstead 1938

[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 five 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 1938, totalled 340
—285 pulmonary and 55 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
1938 126 144 35 26 161 170
Number of cases notified
under the Regulations
for the first time during
the year 32 44 7 6 39 50
Number of cases removed
from the Register
in a preceding
year which have been
restored to the Register
during the year 9 4 1 1 10 5
Number of cases brought
under notice otherwise
than by notification
during the year 19 23 4 7 23 30
186 215 47 40 233 255
*Number of cases removed
from the
Register during the
year 53 63 17 15 70 78
Number of cases remaining
on the Register
at the end of the
year 133 152 30 25 163 177
#These consist of cases which have been denotified, and those which have died or removed
from the Borough,