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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at
the end of 1935 was 740, viz., pulmonary 560, non-pulmonary
180, an increase of 2 on the total for last year.
Dr. Dobson, the Middlesex Tuberculosis Officer for Hornsey,
has kindly supplied the following particulars of Hornsey cases
of Tuberculosis on his Register: —
New tubercular cases 64
Transfers into district not included in above 28
New non-tubercular cases, including contacts 144
Tubercular cases on Dispensary Register 361
,, ,, removed or lost sight of 49
,, ,, cured 12
,, ,, died 42
Cases undiagnosed at end of year 1
Tubercular cases on register at 31st Dec., 1935 258
MORTUARY.
Twenty-four bodies were received at the mortuary and
inquests held on 21 of them.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT.
Mr. F. G. Buxton, the Veterinary Inspector, reports that
during the year he inspected 432 pigs and issued 52 licences
under the Diseases of Animals Acts.
No action was necessary under the Tuberculosis Order, 1025.