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Shoreditch 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Particulars of the notifications received during the year are given in the following
Table :—
From the forgoing table it will be seen that the total number of cases notified
for the first time during the year under consideration was251(column 13).

Table: PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS)REGULATIONS, 1912.Summary of Notifications during the Period from the 30th December, 1928, to the 28th December, 1929, in the Metropolitan Borough of Shore ditch.

PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS)REGULATIONS, 1912.

Summary of Notifications during the Period from the 30th December, 1928, to the 28th December, 1929, in the Metropolitan Borough of Shore ditch.

Age-periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.Number of Notifications on Form D
Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 05.65 and upwards.Total Primary Notifications.Under 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.Total Primary Notifications.
Pulmonary, Males......64716152016152101180...............24761258
,, Females...224133125171451114178...............1661948
Non-pulmonary, Males...663223............2235...............218...14
,, Females11313...2............1426...............116...9
Cols. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)

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Patients notified as suffering from both pulmonary and non-pulmonary disease are included in the " pulmonary " returns.
A School Medical Inspector is required to notify on Form B all cases of tuberculosis discovered in the course of inspection
of children attending public elementary schools whether or not these have been previously notified.
Cols. 2-13. Only those cases which have been notified for the first time during the year on Form A, and which have never
previously been notified in Shore ditch, either on Form A or on Form B, are included in these returns.
Col. 11. All notifications on Form A, whether duplicate or not, are included in this column.
Cols. 15-18. Only those cases which have been notified for the first time during the year on Form B, and which have never
previously been notified in Shore ditch, either on Form A or on Form B, are included in these columns.
Col. 19. All notifications which have been made during the year on Form B, whether the cases have previously been notified
in the area or not, either on Form A or on Form B, are included in this column.
Cols. 21-23. Only notifications on Form C, made by the medical officers of sanatoria, as defined in the Tuberculosis Regulations
are included in this column.