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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1955 was 912, viz., pulmonary 807, non-pulmonary 105.
TUBERCULOSIS
The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1955 was 912, viz., pulmonary 807, non-pulmonary 105.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| (a) | Number of Cases on Register at commencement of year | 489 | 332 | 58 | 52 | 547 | 384 |
| Number of Cases notified for first time during year under Regulations | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 22 | |
| (c) | Cases restored to Register | 4 | 4 | . | . | 4 | 4 |
| Cases added to Register otherwise than by notification under Regulations (1) Transferred from other Districts | 43 | 23 | . | 1 | 43 | 24 | |
| (2) From Death Returns | 2 | . | 2 | ||||
| (e) | Number of Cases removed from Register | 76 | 59 | 7 | 12 | 83 | 71 |
| (f) | Number of Cases remaining on Register at end of year | 489 | 318 | 58 | 47 | 547 | 365 |
Cases removed from Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows :—
| Found not to be T.B. | 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 |
| PULMO NARY | |||||||||||
| 1 | . | 10 | 12 | 55 | 45 | 4 | . | 6 | 2 | 76 | 59 |
| NON-PU LMONARY | |||||||||||
| 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 |