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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948.
Section 47.—Removal to suitable premises of persons in need of care
and attention.
No action was necessary during the year under this Section.
Several cases were dealt with by the Public Health Department, and
admission to suitable premises was obtained without recourse of legal action.
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE OR SPECIAL TREATMENT.
Six existing licences under the Middlesex County Council Act were
renewed during the year.
The table below gives details of the ages and sex of new cases of Tuber culosis, also deaths from the disease; this latter figure includes the deaths of non -notified cases.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-respiratory | Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | |
| 9 | 10 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | |
| 17 | 3 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 11 | 2 | ... | 1 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 81 | 60 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | — | |
In addition, 32 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 2 case of nonpulmonary
tuberculosis previously notified in other areas, moved into
Edmonton.
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) 81 60
(non-respiratory) 5 7
Transferred cases (respiratory) 19 13
(non-respiratory 1 1
106 81
There were no non-notified deaths.
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