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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
This page requires JavaScript
The total number of names added to the Register for the first time during the year, excluding of course, non-notified deaths was:—
| Males | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| New cases (respiratory) | 83 | 64 |
| (non-respiratory) | 9 | 7 |
| Transferred cases (respiratory) | 11 | 16 |
| (non-respiratory) | 1 | — |
| 104 | 87 |
The cases dying of Tuberculosis and not previously notified were:—
| Males | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | 1 | 1 |
| Non-respiratory | — | 1 |
There were thus 3 non-notified deaths out of a total of 26 persons
registered as dying of tuberculosis (Registrar's figures). Regarding the nonnotification
of the above cases, there was no suggestion of wilful neglect or of
refusal to notify.
The non-respiratory forms of tuberculosis notified were:—
| Males | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| Peritoneum | — | 2 |
| Other bones and joints | 2 | 1 |
| Glands | 2 | 4 |
| Spine | 1 | — |
| Genito-Urinary System | 1 | — |
| Meninges | 2 | — |
| Skin | 1 | — |
| 9 | 7 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
The number of cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of 1951
was:—
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary forms | 500 | 439 | 939 |
| Non-pulmonary forms | 70 | 97 | 167 |
| 570 | 536 | 1,106 |