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Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
TABLE H.Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
(As amended by the Public Health (.Notifications of Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1918.)
Summary of Notifications received during the period from 2nd January, 1927, to the 31st December, 1927.
| Age Periods. | Number of Notifications on Form A. | Number of Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | Number of Notifications on Form D. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications. Medical. | *Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified by other Doctors). (Medical). | Primary Notifications (Medical.) | †Total Notifications. (i.e. including cases previously notified by other Doctors). (Medical). | Cases admitted to | Cases discharged from | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | upwards | Total. | Under 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | Total. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||
| (Medical.) | (Medical.) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Males | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 65 | 43 | 69 | 24 | 13 | 279 | 385 | - | — | - | — | — | 2 | 264 | 5 | 217 |
| Females | — | — | 4 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 53 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 192 | 255 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 150 | — | 104 |
| Non-Pulmonary— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Males | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 54 | 60 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 40 | - | 32 |
| Females | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 43 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 31 |
* Re-notifications (Form A) = 169 (males 106, females 63), pulmonary and 9 (males) non-pulmonary.
† Re-notifications (Form B)=0 (male 0, female 0), pulmonary and 0 (male 0, female 0) non-pulmonary.
N.B.—Pulmonary—136 private. 157 hospitals, 178 dispensaries and 0 schools = 471 total primary notifications (Forms A and B, including
72 Poor Law cases under Form A (hospitals).
Non-Pulmonary—17 private, 51 hospitals, 26 dispensaries and 6 schools=100 total primary notifications (Forms A and B), including 8 Poor
Law Cases under Form A (hospital). D1