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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Of the total number of cases notified since 1908, viz., 444, 109
or 24.5 per cent. have died, while 229 or 51.5 per cent. were alive
at the close of the year, while in 106 cases or 24 per cent. the patients
have either removed or recovered.
Notification of Cases under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1911, dated November 15th, 1911.
Under the above Regulations, which came into force on the
1st January, 1912, Pulmonary Tuberculosis was made compulsorily
notifiable by medical practitioners as well as by School Mcdical
Inspectors.
As will be noted in the next Table this caused a very large increase
in the number of notifications received as compared with
the voluntary system, which has been in operation in this Borough
since 1904.
In 1911 only 33 notifications were received from private
practitioners, while in the year under review when the new Regulations
were in force, no fewer than 439 notifications were received.
Of the 439 notifications, 79 belonged to Clapham, 34 to Putney,
145 to Streatham, 55 to Tooting, and 126 to Wandsworth.
Two of the cases were under one year of age, three from one
to five years, 43 from five to 15 years, 70 from 15 to 25 years, 215
from 25 to 45 years, 89 from 45 to 65 years, and 17 over 65 years.
At the end of the year, out of 908 cases notified since 1904,
361 or 39.8 per cent. have died, while 304 or 33.4 per cent. were
alive at the end of the year, leaving 243 or 26 8 per cent. who have
removed, recovered, or in whose cases no inquiries were made at
the request of the practitioner in attendance.
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