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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Males. | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| New cases (respiratory) | 53 | 54 |
| (non-respiratory) | 16 | 12 |
| Transferred cases (respiratory) | 5 | 8 |
| (nen-respiratory) | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | 75 |
Tlie cases dying of Tuberculosis and not previously notified were:-
| Males | females | |
|---|---|---|
| Rospiratory | 4 | – |
| Non-respiratory | – | 2 |
There were thus 6 noi-notified deaths out of a total of 56 persons registered
as dying of tuberculosis (Registrar's figuros). Regarding the non-notification
of the-above cases, there was no suggestion of wilful neglect or of refusal to
notify.
The non-respiratory forms oi tuberculosis notified were:-
| males | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| Genito-urinary tract | 2 | 5 |
| Other bones and joints | 1 | 2 |
| Meningeal | 1 | – |
| Glands | 4 | 4 |
| Abdomen | 2 | 1 |
| Kidney | 1 | 1 |
| Miliary | 4 | – |
| Slcin | 1 | 1 |
Tho Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, relate to
tuberculous employees in the milk trade; whilst Sioction 172 of tho Public Health
Act, 1936 gives power to the Local Authority to remove to hospital certain cases
of tuberculosis which are dangerous to other people.
No occasion during the year had occurred in which it has boon necessary
to invoke those powers.
PUBLIC HEALTH (Tuberculosis) Regulation 1930.
Tho number of cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of 1942 was:-
| Males. | Females | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary forms | 271 | 226 | 497 |
| Non-pulmonary forms | 77 | 78 | 155 |
| 348 | 304 | 652 |
The corresponding figures at the end of 1941 were:-
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary forms | 276 | 214 | 490 |
| Non-pulmonary forms | 79 | 79 | 158 _ |
| 355 | 293 | 648 |