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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

London County Council 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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cases notified as primary but subsequently found to have been previously notified,
was 6,232, the corresponding figure for 1935 being 6,459. The following is an analysis
of the notifications in London during the year 1936.

Table: Table 22.

Table 22.

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal notifications
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65 +Total all ages
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.330545124340865850555239214530414073
F.72055602864976132791621055121352825
Other forms of tuberculosisM.6691076648698237302214550633
F.762645666738836251613506604
All forms of tuberculosisM.99916111729147774054258241415935914706
F.14821191163525707013151871216426413429

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In addition to the primary cases shown in the above table, a number of cases
came to the knowledge of medical officers of health otherwise than by notification.
These figures include cases not notified until after death :—

Table: Table 23.

Table 23.

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNew cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65 +Total
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.6312l12072131991207639589
F.387134510717559382113489
Other forms of tuberculosisM.7202426171515121095160
F.12231715171929134712168
All forms of tuberculosisM.1323363737871461111308544749
F.153124286212620472422825657

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The sources of information as to the unnotified cases shown in the above table
were as follows :—

Table: Table 21.

Table 21.

Source of informationNumber of cases
PulmonaryNon-pulmonary
Death returnsfrom local registrars16662
transferable deaths from Registrar-General9845
Posthumous notifications ...6235
"Transfers" from other areas733178
Other sources198

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The returns received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930, from the medical officers of health of the metropolitan boroughs show that
there were 24,696 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (14,099 males and 10,597 females)
and 8,248 cases of other forms of tuberculosis (4,296 males and 3,952 females) on
the registers of the metropolitan boroughs at the end of 1936.