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Barking 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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During the year, 121 notifications were received of all forms of Tuberculosis—
pulmonary 95 and non-pulmonary 26 and there were 6 deaths of un-notified cases
(3 pulmonary and 3 non-pulmonary), making a total of 127 new cases during the
year.
Information has been received of the removal into the district of 36 tuberculous
persons, included in number of notifications received. This compares with 50
received during 1936 and 39 for 1935.
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. |
| 37 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 5 |
Forty-three deaths occurred from Tuberculosis (all forms) thirty-seven of these
being pulmonary cases. The number of deaths in institutions was thirty.
The death rate for Tuberculosis (all forms) during 1937 was 0.56 per 1,000
population, compared with 0.58 for the previous year.
The Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, give you
power to deal with persons suffering from tuberculosis who are employed in the
milk trade. There has been no need for any such action during the year under
review.
Section 62 of the same Act deals with the compulsory removal to hospital of
persons suffering from tuberculosis. We did not avail ourselves of its powers at any
time during the year.