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Holborn 1935

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

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60
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 1935 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
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
1
-
1
1
-
-
-
1
10
2
3
1
-
1
-
-
-
15
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20
7
6
-
-
2
1
-
-
25
8
10
1
-
2
1
-
-
35
5
8
-
-
2
3
-
-
45
7
-
1
-
7
-
-
-
55
3
-
-
-
8
-
1
-
65
6
1
-
-
8
1
-
-
40
28
4
1
30
6
1
1
Total number of cases on the Register of Tuberculosis in the
Borough on the 31st December, 1935 326
Number of these patients residing in common lodging houses 36
The average number of cases notified annually during the
past ten years 87
The number notified in the year 1935 73
Of the 73 cases notified in 1935 the number who attended
the Dispensary 26
Total number of new cases examined at the Dispensary for
the first time in 1935, including the above, and all
contacts 94
Total attendances at the Dispensary in 1935 673
Supervision of home conditions; visits paid by—
Tuberculosis Officer 61
Dispensary Nurse 991