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Poplar 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930.

Part i.—Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1937, to the 3l9t December, 1937, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of P oplar (to which this Return relates).

Age PeriodsFormal 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—Males213112013
Females12112212474568103
Non-Pulmonary—Males4121111
,, Females22115321621

Col. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (S) (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-Males153113115
„ Females114118
Non-Pulmonary—Males2,1115
,, Females11114

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 Returnsfrom Local Registrars31
transferable deaths from Registrar-General32
Pasthumous notifications12
"Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths)134
Other Sources, if any (specify) Forms 1 & 23

P art III.—NOTIFICATION REGISTER

Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1937, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the Metropolitan BoroughPulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total Cases.
Males.FemalesTotal.Males.FemalesTotal.
356290646116125241887
Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason of:—
1. Withdrawal of notification
2. Recovery from the disease1221331292154
3. Death (all causes)724511710414131
4. Otherwise50348413922106