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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

Finchley 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rate per 1,000 of the population from Phthisis for the last 10 years:—

The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rate per 1,000 of the population from Phthisis for the last 10 years:—

No. of Deaths.Death Rate per 1,000.
189915.66
190011.47
190110.42
1902261.11
190313.53
190424.93
190520.62
190630.97
190721.57
190821.53
Average, 1898—190717.7.69

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The following is a summary of the Order issued by the
Local Government Board in December, 1908, for dealing
with and controlling paupers who are suffering from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis. In effect the Regulation places the
obligation of notification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis upon,
1. The Medical Officer of the poor law institutions who
is to notify the Medical Officer of Health of the Sanitary
district in which the person resided immediately before he
became an inmate of the institution.
2. The District Medical Officer who shall notify the
Medical Officer of Health of the Sanitary District the case of
any poor person on whom he is in attendance.
3. The Superintending Officer of a Poor Law Institution
who shall notify the Medical Officer of Health of the intended
destination of any person leaving the institution in respect
of which a notification has been made by the Medical Officer
of the institution.