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Paddington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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districts than in others. However, recent alterations in procedure tend to make the number of cases
on the tuberculosis register serve as a guide 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 90 deaths in 1933, and from other tuberculous diseases
there were 14 deaths.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis of all kinds was 138 in 1931, 122 in 1932, and 104 in
1933, the lowest figure on record. In recent years the numbers of deaths were as follows:—
1919 133 1926 125
1920 146 1927 118
1921 125 1928 116
1922 143 1929 128
1923 127 1930 114
1924 149 1931 138
1925 119 1932 122
1933 104
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations , 1930.
Summary of Notifications on Form A received during the year 1933.
| Tuberculosis of the Lungs. | Other Tuberculosis. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Primary Notifications— | ||||||
| 0—1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1—5 years | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 5—10 „ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 10—15 „ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15—20 „ | 8 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 20—25 „ | 11 | 24 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 25—35 „ | 23 | 39 | 62 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 35—45 „ | 19 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 45—55 „ | 32 | 4 | 36 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 55—65 „ | 12 | 6 | 18 | — | — | — |
| 65 years and over | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Total | 108 | 95 | 203 | 37 | 30 | 67 |
| Cases re-notified | 83 | 73 | 156 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Total Notifications on Form A | 191 | 168 | 359 | 51 | 34 | 85 |
Cases removed from Register:— 1933.
By reason of—
Death 102
Removal 172
Recovery of patient or variation of diagnosis 24
Total 298
Of the patients who removed from the Borough during 1933, the new addresses were obtainable
in 97 instances, and particulars of the cases were transmitted to the medical officers of health of the
respective districts.
In 1933, 11 cases of patients who had removed into the Borough from other districts were added
to the register.
The number of cases remaining on the Tuberculosis Register at the close of 1933 was 1,351 as
compared with 1,360 at the close of the year 1932.
Visits Paid to Homes of Tuberculous Patients.
By Council's Women Inspectors 914
By Tuberculosis Officers 553
By Dispensary Nurses—
20, Talbot Road 3,398
St. Mary's Hospital 2,032
6,897
Propaganda.—During the month of September, the National Association for the Prevention of
Tuberculosis gave two very successful demonstrations of films in Queens Road, near the Baths, 150
persons being present continuously at each performance.