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Notification.
In 1902 a system of voluntary notification of consumption was
adopted in Hampstead; on 1st January, 1909, the Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, which provided for the compulsory notification
of cases of consumption occurring in Poor Law patients, came into
operation; on 1st May, 1911, compulsory notification was extended by
the Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911, to
all cases of consumption occurring in hospital patients; and notification
was extended, generally, by the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1911, which came into operation on 1st January, 1912.
In view of the scope of these latter regulations, the voluntary system,
which had been in operation since 1902, lapsed. These regulations
were replaced in 1913 by those which came into force on 1st February,
and which apply to all forms of tuberculosis. The increase in the
number of patients notified in recent years is due to the operation of
the instalments of compulsory notification referred to. The following
table gives the number of patients newly notified in each year since
1902:-
Persons Newly Notified.
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Notifiable from
1st February, 1913.)
1902 51 — 51
1903 34 — 34
1904 39 — 39
1905 27 — 27
1906 35 — 35
1907 55 — 55
1908 30 — 30
1909 67 - 07
1910 77 — 77
1911 113 — 113
1912 183 — 183
1913 244 56 300
The total number of persons notified in 1913 as suffering from
tuberculosis was 338, but 38 of these had been notified prior to 1913.
Of the 338 cases, 282 were pulmonary and 56 non-pulmonary.