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London County Council 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Notifications on Form IS. Notifications onFormC
(Prirnarynotificationsof cases discovered through (Secondary notifications
From of tuberculosis Sex medical inspection in elementary schools.) from institutions
notified. _ receiving cases.)
0- 5- 10 + Total. Poor Law. Other.
Pulmonary tuberculosis M. — 3 2 5 1,130 2,989
F. — 1 3 4 764 1,926
Other tuberculosis M. 4 19 10 33 93 492
F. 1 15 8 24 74 409
All forms of tuberculosis M. 4 22 12 38 1,223 3,481
F. 1 16 11 28 838 2,335
In addition to the primary cases notified on forms A and B shown in the above tables, a number of cases came to the knowledge of Medical Officers of Health, otherwise than by notification. These figures include cases not notified before death:—
| Form of tulierculosis notified. | Sex. | New cases of tuberculosis coining to knowledge otherwise than by notification on forms A and B. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65 + | Total. | ||
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | M. | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 89 | 69 | 63 | 55 | 25 | 382 |
| F. | — | 14 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 51 | 101 | 46 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 316 | |
| Other tuberculosis | M. | 14 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 146 |
| F. | 11 | 34 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 146 | |
| All forms of tuberculosis | M. | 19 | 51 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 50 | 97 | 80 | 72 | 59 | 27 | 528 |
| F. | 11 | 48 | 28 | 21 | 30 | 63 | 117 | 57 | 38 | 29 | 20 | 462 | |
The source of information as to the unnotified cases shown in the above table was as follows:—
| Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary | |
| Death Returns | 359 | 186 |
| "Transfers" from other areas | 258 | 75 |
| Forms C and D | 27 | 3 |
| Other sources | 54 | 28 |
The returns received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1924, from the Medical Officers of Health of the metropolitan boroughs show that
there were 33,117 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (18,553 males and 14,564 females)
and 13,623 cases of other forms of tuberculosis (7,146 males and 6,477 females) on
the registers of the metropolitan boroughs at, the end of 1998
There were 6,773 deaths from cancer in 1928 as compared with 6,774 in 1927
and 6,720 in 1926. The death rate per 1,000 was 1'52. There was an increase of
44 in the male deaths and a decrease of 45 among females.
Cancer.
Administration.
The supervision of the 157 common lodging-houses licensed by the Council
under the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1902, entailed 7,335 day visits and 242
night visits by the inspectors. The supervision of 27 seamen's lodging-houses
licensed under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, entailed 813 visits by day and 32
by night.
A comprehensive report on common lodging-houses, with special reference to
the accommodation for women, was prepared in December, 1926, and is obtainable
at the Council's publishers.*
*Common Lodging Houses and Kindred Institutions. No. 2489. Price Is. 6d.
16479 c
Common and
seamen's
lodging
houses.