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Barnet 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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two hundred and thirteen such certificates were authenticated and marked
with the internationally agreed stamp.
TUBERCULOSIS.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1957.
| YEARS OF AGE | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | N on-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and over | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAIS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
Fourteen new cases were notified during the year making a total of
two hundred and seven cases on the Tuberculosis Register, a reduction of
one on last year's total. These figures continue the steady reduction
in the number of new cases and of deaths from this disease during each year.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS. 1925.
It has not been found necessary to take any action under the above
Regulations, relating to Tuberculous employees in the Milk Trade.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936, SECTION 172, COMPULSORY REMOVAL TO
HOSPITAL OF CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
No action was necessary under the above Section.