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Chislehurst 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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(e) The number of eases removed from his register during
the quarter, giving the name of each case and the
reason for removal;
(f) The number of cases remaining on the register at the
end of the quarter.
Previously a large part of this statement was required under
(ho Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations. 1924.
The following Table shows the number of cases on the register at the end of each quarter since the District was eon stituted:
| Quarter ending | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 1934 30th June | 79 | 67 | 34 | 33 | 213 |
| 30th Sept. | 86 | 72 | 37 | 33 | 228 |
| 31st Dec. | 63 | 42 | 31 | 19 | 115 |
| 1935 31st Mar. | 56 | 40 | 28 | 20 | 144 |
| 30th June | 53 | 39 | 26 | 20 | 138 |
| 30th Sept. | 49 | 47 | 25 | 19 | 140 |
| 31 st Dec. | 55 | 53 | 26 | 19 | 153 |
| 1936 31st Mar | 68 | 62 | 31 | 19 | 180 |
| 30th June | 76 | 61 | 33 | 18 | 188 |
| 30th Sept. | 85 | 64 | 36 | 20 | 205 |
| 31st Dec. | 95 | 68 | 40 | 23 | 226 |
| 1937 31st Mar. | 101 | 74 | 40 | 25 | 240 |
| 30th June | 109 | 81 | 39 | 25 | 254 |
| 30th Sept. | 104 | 85 | 42 | 25 | 256 |
| 31st Dec. | 109 | 96 | 43 | 25 | 273 |
| 1938 31st Mar. | 107 | 97 | 46 | 29 | 279 |
| 30th June | 116 | 104 | 51 | 29 | 300 |
| 30th Sept. | 114 | 107 | 51 | 27 | 299 |
| 31st Dec. | 114 | 104 | 50 | 28 | 296 |
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
No action was required during the period under review in
respect of tuberculous employees in the milk trade.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936, SECTION 172.
There was no need, during 1938, for the Council to take
action with a. view to securing an Order of the Court for
the compulsory removal to hospital of a case of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.
DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN.
A supply of Diphtheria Anti-toxin is kept for the use of
Doctors practising in the District.
This is supplied free on the certificate of the Medical Officer
of Health that the circumstances of the ease render this desirable.
In other cases the cost price is charged.