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Stoke Newington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Total Number of Tuberculous Persons Living in the
Borough.—A live register continually changing from additional
notifications, transfers into and out of the district and deaths is
maintained by the Medical Officer of Health. The known tuberculous
population increased from 249 to 255 during the year.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| No. of cases on Register at beginning of 1938 | 121 | 71 | 32 | 25 |
| No. of cases on Register at end of 1938 | 123 | 79 | 32 | 21 |
Out of the total number of 26 deaths from Tuberculosis, 2
(or 7.7%) were of cases which were unnotified previous to death.
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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