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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
Marylebone 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 48.
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930.
Part I.—Summary of notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1938, to the 31st December, 1938, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough oi St. Marylebone.
| Age periods. | Formal notifications. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosis. | Total notifications. | ||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (all ages.) | ||
| Pulmonary, males | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 64 |
| „ females | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 50 |
| Non-pulmonary, males | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 15 |
| „ females | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 10 | 11 |
Supplemental Return.
Part II.—New cases of tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.
| Age periods. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary, males | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 11 |
| „ females | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Non-pulmonary, males | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| „ females | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 |
The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained is stated below:—
| Source of Information. | No. of cases. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |
| from local registrars | 2 | I |
| Death returns | ||
| transferable deaths from Registrar-General | — | 3 |
| Posthumous notifications | 1 | — |
| " Transfers " from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 15 | 3 |
| Other sources (Form II) | — | — |