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Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
Male Female Male Femals
No. of cases on Register at
beginning of 1937 125 96 32 27
No. of cases on Register at
end of 1937 121 71 32 25
Out of the total number of 38 deaths from Tuberculosis, 7
(or 18.4%) were of cases which were unnotified previous to death,
which is a similar figure to that of the previous year.
If from the death returns it is noted that there has been failure
to notify, an enquiry is sent to the practitioner as to the reason for
non-notification.
During the year there was no evidence of any wilful neglect of
the regulations on the part of the certifying practitioners.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY
The following report on the work of the Dispensary, so far as
it concerns Stoke Newington patients, has been furnished by
Dr. F. W. Hamilton, the Clinical Tuberculosis Officer:—
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