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Wandsworth 1937

[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 1937
was 599 as compared with 569 in 1936, 658 in 1935, 621 in 1934,
and 610 in 1933.
The sources of information regarding the 599 new cases in 1937
were as follows:—
Primary notifications on Form A 429
Primary notifications on Form B
Transfers from other Sanitary Authorities 139
Naval and military notifications 4
Un-notified at death 27
Total 599
Deaths.— The number of deaths certified as due to diseases
of a Tuberculous nature was 225. This compares with 236 in 1936,
249 in 1935, 276 in 1934, and 305 in 1933.
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.