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Paddington 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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21
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis of all kinds is notifiable, and particulars of the number oi notification certificates
received during the year 1929 are set out in the tables appended hereto.
Owing to the fact that a case of tuberculosis may be notified in several boroughs or districts,
the number of notification certificates received is only a very imperfect guide to the amount
of tuberculosis in the Borough. There is also the consideration that notification is more strictly
enforced in some districts than in others. However, recent alterations in procedure tend to
make the number of cases on the tuberculosis register serve as a guide as to the real prevalence
of the disease. One can also take the annual number of deaths as being a measure of prevalence.
This is probably the most exact method which can be used at the present time.
From pulmonary tuberculosis there were 111 deaths in 1929, and from other tuberculous
diseases there were 17 deaths.
The increased number of deaths from tuberculosis during the year is explained by the
fact that an undue proportion of persons suffering from tuberculosis, often of long standing,
succumbed to respiratory and catarrhal diseases, which were very prevalent during the
year.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis of all kinds was 118 m 1927, 116 m 1928 and 128 in 1929. In recent years the numbers of deaths were as follows:—
| 1919 | 133 | 1924 | 149 |
| 1920 | 146 | 1925 | 116 |
| 1921 | 125 | 1926 | 125 |
| 1922 | 143 | 1927 | 118 |
| 1923 | 127 | 1928 | 116 |
| 1929 | 128 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,1912.
Summary of Notifications on Forms A and B received during the year 1929.
| Tuberculosis of the Lungs. | Other Tuberculosis. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Primary Notifications— | ||||||
| 0— 1 year | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 1— 5 years | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 5—10,, | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| 10—15,, | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 15—20,, | 9 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 20—25,, | 20 | 29 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 25—35 „ | 27 | 34 | 61 | 3 | U | 11 |
| 35—45,, | 28 | 18 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 45—55,, | 25 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 55—65,, | 9 | 4 | 13 | — | — | — |
| 65 years and over,, | 6 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 125 | 112 | 237 | 43 | 42 | 85 |
| Cases re-notified | 81 | 78 | 159 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Total Notifications on Form A | 206 | 190 | 396 | 57 | 49 | 106 |
| Primary Notifications by School Medical Officers— 0— 5 years | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5—10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 10—15 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Cares re-notified | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Total Notifications on Form B | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 9 |
1929. No.of Notifications on Forms C and D.
| Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis— Male | 15 | 30 | 96 | 58 |
| Female | 16 | 27 | 79 | 36 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis— | ||||
| Male | - | 8 | 18 | 16 |
| Female | o | 5 | 12 | 13 |