Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930.
P art I. -Summarv of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1935, to the 31st December, 1935, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar (to which this Return relates).
| Age Periods. | Formal Notifications. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis. | Total Notifications. | ||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (all ages). | ||
| Pulmonary-Males | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 140 | |
| ,, Females | - | - | - | 5 | 16 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | 80 | 109 |
| Non-Pulmonary-Males | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 19 | 25 |
| ,, Females | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 16 |
| Col. (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | |
P art 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |
| ,, Females .. | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Non-Pulmonary-Males | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| ,, . Females | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 9 |
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 Registrats | 5 | |
| transferable deaths from Registrar-General | 3 | 1 | |
| Posthumous notifications.. | 7 | 4 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 8 | 6 | |
| Other Sources, if any (specify) Forms 1 & 2 | 4 | 1 | |
Part III.—NOTIFICATION REGISTER
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total Cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st, December, 1935, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the Metropolitan Borough | Males. | Females | Total. | Males. | Females | Total. | |
| 438 | 351 | 789 | 189 | 118 | 307 | 1,096 | |
| Number of cases removed, from the Register during the year by reason inter alia. of: — | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawals notification | |||||||
| 2. Recovery from the disease, cured | 12 | 19 | 31 | 29 | 16 | 45 | 76 |
| 3. Diagnosis not confirmed.. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4. Death | 79 | 52 | 131 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 145 |