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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The source or sources from which inf6rmation as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are stated below:—
| Source of Information | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non -Pulmonary | ||
| Death Returns | From local Registers | 5 | 1 |
| Transferable deaths from Registrar General | 2 | — | |
| Posthumous notifications | 1 | 1 | |
| " Transfers " from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 11 | 1 | |
| Other Sources if any (specify) | — | — | |
Notification Register.
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December 1931, on the Registers of Notifications | 182 | 97 | 279 | 39 | 23 | 64 | 343 |
| Number of eases removed from the Registers during the year by reason inter alia of:— | |||||||
| Withdrawal of notification | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Recovery from the disease | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Death | 24 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
Tuberculosis Notifications.
Excluding duplicates the total number of notifications received on Form A
or B during the year 1931 was 66; 22 other cases were brought to my knowledge
(making 88 new cases in the year). These were:—Private cases 13, hospital
cases 35, Public Assistance cases 18, from death returns 8, transfer from other
districts 12, and 2 were posthumous notifications.
Of the 88 cases entered on the Register in 1931, 80 were pulmonary tuberculosis
and eight non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Fifty-six of the cases were removed
for treatment to hospital, or sanatorium.
Sleeping Conditions.
In 65 of the 88 new cases of tuberculosis in 1931 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 eight cases
incorrect addresses were given, or the patients no longer resided in the Borough.