Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Total number of cases on the Register of Tuberculosis in the
Borough on the Blst December, 1936 340
Number of these patients residing in common lodging-houses 41
The average number of cases notified annually during the
past ten years 88
The number notified in the year 1936 90
Of the 90 cases notified in 1936 the number who attended
the Dispensary 38
Total number of new cases examined at the Dispensary for
the first time in 1936, including the above, and all
contacts 127
Total attendances at the Dispensary in 1936 854
Supervision of home conditions; visits paid by—
Tuberculosis Officer 41
Dispensary Nurse 1,002
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1936, to the
31st December, 1936, in the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.
Age-periods.
Formal Notifications.
Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis.
Total
Notiflcations.
0-
1-
5-
10-
15-
20-
25-
35-
45-
65-
65-
Total
(all ages).
Pulmonary Males
—
—
2
—
1
4
6
8
9
4
3
37
43
,, Females
—
1
—
1
1
6
4
2
1
2
1
19
22
Non-pulmonary Males
—
1
—
—
—
2
2
—
—
—
—
5
7
,, Females
•
—
2
—
—
1
1
1
1
—
1
—
7
8