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Wandsworth 1936

[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 1936
was 569 as compared with 658 in 1935, 621 in 1934, 610 in 1933,
and 642 in 1932.
The sources of information regarding the 569 new cases
in 1936 were as follows :—
Primary notifications on Form A 397
Primary notifications on Form B —
Transfers from other Sanitary Authorities 151
Naval and military notifications 2
Un-notified at death 19
Total 569
Deaths.—The number of deaths certified as due to diseases
of a Tuberculous nature was 236. This compares with 249 in
1935, 276 in 1934, 305 in 1933 and 228 in 1932.
Table XVIII.—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.