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Deaths of Non-notified, Cases.
There were 6 deaths certified as due to tuberculosis which had
not been notified previously. The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis
deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was 1 in 7. Enquiries are always
made in such cases as to the reasons for non-notification
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 four 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 1939, totalled 318
—263 pulmonary and 55 non-pulmonary.
Tuberculosis Regulations,
1930.
Pulmonary.
Males.
Females.
Non-Pulmonary.
Males.
Females.
Totals.
Males.
Females.
Number of cases on the
Register at the commencement
of the year
1939
133 152 30 25 163 177
Number of cases notified
under the Regulations
for the first time during
the year
32 37 5 6 37 43
Number of cases removed
from the Register
in a preceding
year which have been
restored to the Register
durinsr the vear
5 8 2 5 10
Number of cases brought
under notice otherwise
than by notification
during the year
14 13 2 3 16 16
*Number of cases removed
from the
Register during the
year
184 210 37 36 221 246
59 72 10 8 69 80
Number of cases remaining
on the Register
at the end of the
year
125 138 27 28 152 166
•These consist of cases which have been denotified, and those which have died or removed
from the Borough.