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Holborn 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Supervision of home conditions; visits paid by—
Tuberculosis Officer 30
Dispensary Nurse 1,193
The present arrangements for the Tuberculosis Dispensary are as follows:—
The Dispensary is at the University College Hospital, Gower Street, in the Borough of
St. Pancras.
The Dispensary covers the whole of the Borough of Holborn.
The Tuberculosis Officer attends three sessions each week, namely, Monday and Wednesday
afternoons and Thursday evenings.
The Dispensary Nurse assists at the Dispensary and visits cases in their homes.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.

Table: Summary of Notifications during the period from the 30th December, 1928, to the 28th December, 1929, in the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.

Summary of Notifications during the period from the 30th December, 1928, to the 28th December, 1929, in the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.

Age-periode.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
Number of Primary Notifications.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.Poor Law InstitutionsSanatoria.
0 to 1.1 to 5.j 5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 and upwards.Total Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Under 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.Total Primary Notifications.
Pulmonary Males......11135135263749...............2726
„ Females...............9844212835...............1523
Non-pulmonary Males...12...11...1.........67..................2
„ Females......1...12.........1...56..................4

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Supplemental Return.
New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of
Health during the period from the 30th December, 1928, to the 28th December,
1929, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Heath
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, or by notification in pursuance of the Local
Government (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1916.
Age periods.
0
1 to 6
5 to 10
10 to 15
15 to 20
20 to 25
25 to 35
35 to 45
45 to 55
55 to 65
65 and
upwards.
Total Cases.
Pulmonnry Males ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 2 1 1 1 ... 7
,, Females ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 1 ... 1 ... 4
Non-pulmonary Males ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
„ Females ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Six of the 12 were ascertained from the death returns and five were transfers
from other areas, and one was a posthumous notification.