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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1954
[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 1954 was 931, viz, pulmonary 821, non-pulmonary 110.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| (a) Number of Cases on Register at commencement of year | 438 | 337 | 54 | 51 | 492 | 388 |
| (b) Number of Cases notified for first time during year under Regulations | 34 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 12 |
| (c) Cases restored to Register | 9 | . | . | . | 9 | . |
| (d) Cases added to Register otherwise than by notification under Regulations | ||||||
| (1) Transferred from other Districts | 54 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 25 |
| (2) From Death Returns | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | 3 |
| (e) Number of Cases removed from Register | 49 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 44 |
| (/) Number of Cases remaining on Register at end of year | 489 | 332 | 58 | 52 | 547 | 384 |
Cases removed from Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows :—
| Found not to be TB | Recovered | Removed to another area | Died at home | Died at Sanatorium or other Institution | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | PULMONARY 24 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 49 | 38 |
| . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | NON-PULMONARY 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |