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Poplar 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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(b) Report of Dental Surgeon , St . Andrew's Hospital .
| Number of Patients | 8 |
| Attendances | 14 |
| Extractions—No. of Teeth | 18 |
| Anaesthetics—Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen | 6 |
| Local Anaesthetics | 1 |
(Signed) F.G. HUTCHISON.
Under the new arrangements a dental clinic is held at St. Andrew's
Hospital on two days in each week.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930.
Part I.—Summary of Notifications during the period from the 28th December, 1930, to the 2nd January, 1932, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar (to which this Return relates).
| Formal Notifications. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods. | Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis. | Total Notiflcations. | |||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (all ages). | ||
| Pulmonary—Males | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 31 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 134 | 264 |
| Fema les | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | - | 96 | 186 |
| Non-Pulmonary—Males | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 39 | 58 |
| ,, Females | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 55 |
Col. (1) (2) (8) (4) (5) (6) (7) (ft) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
PART II.—SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.
New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.
| Age Periods. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary—Males | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | 14 |
| ,, Females | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Non-Pulmonary—Males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| ,, Females | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained should be stated below:—
| Source of Information. | Number of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
| Death Returns | from Local Registrars | 14 | 2 |
| transferable deaths from Registrar-General | — | — | |
| Posthumous notifications | 2 | 1 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 4 | — | |
| Other Sources, if any (specify) | — | — | |