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Wandsworth 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
The following Report has been prepared by Dr. A. W. Forrest,
who is in charge of tbis branch of the work of the Department.
The results of the re-organisation of the Tuberculosis work
in the Borough, as detailed in the Report of last year, have proved
very satisfactory.
Notification.—The total number of new cases of Tuberculosis
which came to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health
during the year was 692.
The sources of information regarding these cases were as follows:—
| Primary Notifications on Form A | 561 |
| Primary Notifications on Form B | 3 |
| Primary Notifications on Form C | 36 |
| Un-notified at Death | 40 |
| Transfers from other Sanitary Authorities | 17 |
| Naval and Military Notifications | 35 |
| TOTAL | 692 |