London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Edmonton 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930The number of eases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of 1940was:-

PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930

The number of eases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of 1940

was:-

MalesFemalesTotal
Pulmonary forms267232499
Non-Pulmonary forms8281163
349313662
The corresponding figures at the end of 1939 were:-
MalesFemlesTotal
Pulmonary forms273225498
Non-Pulmonary forms8476160
357301658
Corresponding figures for previous years were:-
MalesFemalesTotal
1938363297660
1937336260596
1936315252567
1935330265595
1934339281620
1933320281601
1932363284647
1931382311693
1930381311692

Text

Copy text to clipboard

COUNCIL'S EMPLOYEES
During 1940 the Medical Officer of Health paid a total lumber of 304
visits to those employees who had boon on the sick list longer than a
fortnight and, when necessary, at fortnightly intervals. Of those 81
were "not at home" and 27 had already resured duty.
Also, during the year 12 persons wore examined prior to their
appointment to peramanont posts.