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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 1963
[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 1963 was 828, viz., pulmonary 727
non-pulmonary 101.
| Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| (a) Number of Cases on Register at commencement of year | 433 | 326 | 49 | 49 | 482 | 375 |
| (b) Number of Cases notified for first time during year under Regulations | 28 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 20 |
| (c) Cases restored to Register | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| (d) Cases added to Register otherwise than by notification under Regulations | ||||||
| (1) Transferred from other Districts | 37 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 27 |
| (2) From Death Returns | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| (e) Number of Cases removed from Register | 95 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 99 | 55 |
| (f) Number of Cases remaining on Register at end of year | 407 | 320 | 50 | 51 | 457 | 371 |
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 | |||||||||||
| 2 | – | 22 | 15 | 59 | 31 | 3 | – | 9 | 4 | 95 | 50 |
| NON-PULMONARY | |||||||||||
| – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 |