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Hornsey 1961
[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 1961 was 902, viz., pulmonary 806 non-pulmonary 96.
| Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| (a) | Number of Cases on Register at commencement of year | 507 | 397 | 53 | 50 | 560 | 447 |
| (b) | Number of Cases notified for first time during year under Regulations | 24 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 |
| (c) | Cases restored to Register | 1 | 4 | — | - | 1 | 4 |
| (d) | Cases added to Register otherwise than by notification under Regulations | ||||||
| (1) Transferred from other Districts | 27 | 23 | - | - | 27 | 23 | |
| (2) From Death Returns | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| (e) | Number of Cases removed from Register | 103 | 98 | 9 | 4 | 112 | 102 |
| (f) | Number of Cases remaining on Register at end of year | 458 | 348 | 47 | 49 | 505 | 397 |
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 |
| PULMONARY | |||||||||||
| - | - | 25 | 38 | 61 | 53 | 3 | - | 14 | 7 | 103 | 98 |
| NON-PULMONARY | |||||||||||
| - | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 |