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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
Lambeth 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE L. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Summary of Notifications received during the period from January 1st, 1935, to December 31st, 1935.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis | *Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified) | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 45 | 43 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 234 | 333 |
| Females | — | — | 8 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 146 | 213 |
| Non-Pulmonary— | |||||||||||||
| Males | — | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 44 | 49 |
| Females | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 43 | 51 |
* Re-notifications (Form A) = 166 (males 99, females 67) pulmonary, and
13 (males 5, females 8) non-pulmonary.
N.B.—Pulmonary—81 private; 183 hospitals, 116 dispensaries = 380 total
primary notifications.
Non-pulmonary—11 private, 59 hospitals, 17 dispensaries = 87 total primary
notifications.
Institutional treatment.—Notifications were also received during the period
stated above respecting 545 pulmonary and 46 non-pulmonary admissions,
and 460 pulmonary and 48 non-pulmonary discharges.