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Holborn 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Tuberculosis.
Summary of Notifications and Deaths.
The following table gives the number of new cases of tuberculosis and deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1927 in the form required by the Ministry of Health:—
| Age periods. | New Cages. | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 25 | 10 | 9 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| 35 | 18 | 7 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| 45 | 14 | 4 | — | — | 10 | 6 | — | — |
| 55 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | — |
| 65 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 59 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 2 | |
The initiation of the Tuberculosis Care Committee as a local institution and
the administrative change whereby all correspondence concerning tuberculous
patients is sent to the Borough Medical Officer of Health continue to prove
beneficial; the knowledge of the local Public Health Staff of the patients is
increased in a natural and easy way and the interest in the work encouraged.
Total number of cases on the Register of Tuberculosis in the
Borough on the 31st December, 1927 202
Number of these patients residing in common lodging houses
(about) 20
The average number of cases notified annually during the
past ten years 104
The number notified in the year 1927 111
Of the 111 cases notified in 1927. the number who attended
the Dispensary 38
Total number of new cases examined at the Dispensary for
the first time in 1927. including the above 38, and all
contacts 142
Total attendances at the Dispensary in 1927 874