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Wandsworth 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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43
TUBERCULOSIS.
Notification.—The total number of new cases of Tuberculosis
which came to the notice of the Department during 1935
was 658 as compared with 621 in 1934, 610 in 1933, and 642 in
1932.
The sources of information regarding the 658 new cases
in 1935 were as follows:—
Primary notifications on Form A 496
Primary notifications on Form B —
Transfers from other Sanitary Authorities 142
Naval and military notifications —
Un-notified at death 20
Total 658
Deaths.—The number of deaths certified as due to diseases of
a Tuberculous nature was 249. This compares with 276 deaths
in 1934, 305 in 1933 and 288 in 1932.
Table XIX.—In the form suggested by the Ministry of
Health, gives details regarding the site of disease, sex, and
age grouping of these new cases; also similar details regarding
deaths from Tuberculosis during the year.