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Barking 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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During the year, 64 notifications were received of all
forms of tuberculosis—pulmonary 48, and non-pulmonary 16.
Information was received of the removal into the district of six
tuberculous persons, included in number of notifications received.
Forty two deaths of notified cases occurred.
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis notified and of deaths from the disease during 1929 is afforded by the following table:-
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| — | 4 | 4 | — | — | - | — | ||
| — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | |||
| — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | |||
| 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 23 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 16 | — | |||
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
These regulations came into force on the 31st July, 1925
Under certain circumstances you can, in accordance with
Section 62, isolate by compulsion persons who are likely to spread
tuberculosis.