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Holborn 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The following table gives the number of new cases of tuberculosis and deaths
from the disease in the Borough during 1928 in the form required by the Ministry of Health:—
| Age periods. | New Cases. | Deaths- | ||||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | - | - | — |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | - | - | — |
| 15 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 35 | 20 | 6 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| 55 | C | — | — | 1 | 8 | - | — | 1 |
| 65 | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — | ~ |
| 57 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | |
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, 1028 309
Number of these patients residing in common lodging houses 20
The average number of cases notified annually during the
past ten years 101
105
number who attended
39
The number notified in the year 1928
Of the 105 cases notified in 1928, the
the Dispensary
Total number of new cases examined at the Dispensary for
the first time in 1928, including the above 39, and all
contacts 187
Total attendances at the Dispensary in 1928 924
Supervision of home conditions; visits paid by—
Tuberculosis Officer 46
Dispensary Nurse 1,189