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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are stated below: —
| Source of Information | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
| Death Returns | From local Registrars | _ | _ |
| Transferable deaths from Registrar General | 1 | - | |
| Posthumous notifications | 1 | 1 | |
| " Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 10 | 2 | |
| 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 1935, on the Registers of Notifications | 171 | 97 | 268 | 33 | 25 | 58 | 3.26 |
| Number of cases removed from the Registers during the year by reason inter alia of :— Withdrawal of notification | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Recovery from the disease | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 |
| Death | 30 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
Tuberculosis Notifications.
Excluding duplicates the total number of notifications received on Form A
or B during the year 1935 was 58, 15 other cases were brought to my knowledge
(making 73 new cases in the year). These were:—Private cases 11, hospital
cases 41, Public Assistance cases 8, from death returns 1, transfer from other
districts 12.
Of the 73 cases entered on the Register in 1935, 68 were pulmonary tuberculosis
and 5 non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Fifty-five of the cases were removed
for treatment to hospitals, sanatoria, &c.
Sleeping Conditions.
In 55 of the 73 new cases of tuberculosis in 1935 it was possible to obtain
information as to the sleeping conditions at the date of notification.