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Southwark 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 45.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912.
Summary of Notifications during the period from the 2nd January, 1927, to the 31st December, 1927, in
the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark.
| Age-periods | Notifications on Form A. | Total Notifications on Form A. | Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form B. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | ||||||||||||||||
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65 & upwards | Total Primary Notifications. | Under 5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | Total Primary Notifications. | |||||
| Pulmonary Males | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 199 | 234 | — | — | — | — | 99 | 155 | |
| „ Females | — | — | 7 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 40 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 135 | 170 | — | — | — | — | 64 | 73 | |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 1 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 57 | 61 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 45 |
| „ Females | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 36 | 41 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 27 |
Primary Notifications relate to patients who have not previously been notified in this or former years, either on Form A or on Form B, in
the area to which the return relates. Any additional notification of a case which has been previously notified in the area is to be regarded as
duplicate. (Note—No primary notifications should be made on Form C.)
A School Medical Inspector, or the Medical Officer of Health of a county, county borough, or other district, if acting as a School Medical
Inspector, is required to notify on Form B all cases of Tuberculosis discovered in the course of inspection of children attending public
elementary schools whether or not these have previously been notified.
Form C. Eelates to patients admitted to Sanatoria or Poor Law Institutions.