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Wandsworth 1938

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

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45
TUBERCULOSIS.
Notification.—The total number of new cases of Tuberculosis
which came to the notice of the Department during 1938
was 621 as compared with 599 in 1937, 569 in 1936, 658 in 1935
and 621 in 1934.
The sources of information regarding the 621 new cases in 1938
were as follows:—
Primary notifications on Form A 447
Primary notifications on Form B —
Transfers from other Sanitary Authorities 158
Naval and military notifications —
Un-notified at death 16
Total 621
Deaths.—The number of deaths certified as due to diseases
of a Tuberculous nature was 229. This compares with 225 in 1937,
236 in 1936, 249 in 1935 and 276 in 1934.
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.