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Tuberculosis Notifications.
Excluding duplicates the total number of notifications received on Forms A
or B during the year 1929 was 70; 12 other cases were brought to my knowledge
(making 88 new cases in the year). These were:—Private cases 21, hospital
cases 39, Poor Law cases 18 from death returns 6, transfer from other districts 4.
Correction of Tuberculosis Register during the year 1929.
Number of cases on Register, 31st December, 1928 309
New cases registered, 1st January to 31st December,
1929 88
397
Removed from the Register during the same period for
following reasons:—
Removed from Borough 22
Recovered 6
Died 46
Not suffering from tuberculosis —
(Notification withdrawn.)
Not traced 3
77
Number on Register, 31st December, 1929 320
Of the 88 cases entered on the Register in 1929, 76 were pulmonary tuberculosis
and 12 non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Sixty-four of the cases were removed
for treatment to hospital, infirmary or sanatorium.
Sleeping Conditions.
In 69 of the 88 new cases of tuberculosis in 1929 it was possible to obtain
information as to the sleeping conditions at the date of notification. Fifteen of
the remaining cases were residents in common lodging houses; in three cases
incorrect addresses were given, or the patients no longer resided in the Borough,
and in five cases no information was obtainable.
The following is a summary of the information in the 69 cases above referred to:—
Patient slept in—
Separate bed room 19
Separate bed in living room 2
Separate bed in room shared with—
1 adult 4
2 adults 3
3 adults 1
1 adult and 1 child 2
1 adult and 2 children 1
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