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The Tuberculosis Officer has been good enough to supply the
following information with respect to cases of tuberculosis from the
district which have been under treatment by him:—
Number of persons examined for the first time by the
Tuberculosis Officer:—
(a) Tuberculosis of Lungs 89
(b) Other forms of Tuberculosis 14
Number of persons in Institutions:—
(a) Tuberculosis of Lungs 32
(b) Other forms of Tuberculosis 16
Number of persons kept under treatment at the County
Council Dispensary, Ealing 106
Number sent to Sanatoria 72
Number sent to Hospital 24
No action has been called for, either under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section
62 of the Public Health Act, 1925.
Whooping Cough and Measles. Information regarding
the prevalence of these two non-notifiable infectious diseases
is obtained from the weekly returns regarding infectious
disease made by the head-teachers to the School Medical Officer.
There were 280 absentees from school due to whooping cough
and 38 due to measles. The number of cases of whooping cough
shows an increase compared with the previous year, when there
were only 108 cases recorded, but the number of cases of measles
was very small considering there were 1,116 cases recorded during
1930.
Four deaths occurred from whooping cough, the death-rate
being 0.03 per thousand of population. This rate is below those
for England and Wales, the 117 Great Towns, and London, which
are respectively 0.06, 0.07 and 0.07. There were no deaths from
measles, whereas the death-rates from this disease for England
and Wales, the 117 Great Towns, and London are, respectively,
0.08, 0.10 and 0.03,