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Barking 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Information was received of the removal into the district of 58 tuberculous persons,
included in number of notifications received.
Once again I want to call attention to the large number of inward transfers. This
is due in large part to the expansion and development of the district.
The following are particulars of cases notified on Forms I and II during the year
| Form I. | Form II. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
| Male. Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. |
Fifty deaths occurred from tuberculosis (all forms) forty-four of these being
pulmonary cases. The number of deaths in institutions was thirty-one.
The death rate for tuberculosis (all forms) during 1933 was 0.72 per 1,000 population,
compared with 0.91 for the previous year.
I regret to inform you that thirteen of the cases which died from tuberculosis
had not previously been notified to me as suffering from that disease.
Last year I explained the circumstances under which so many cases were not
notified, and the same conditions have been operating this year.
It was unnecessary during the year to take any action under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 (relating to persons suffering from pulmonary
tuberculosis employed in the milk trade), nor was any action taken under Section
62 of the Public Health Act, 1925 (relating to the compulsory removal to a hospital
of persons suffering from tuberculosis).