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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

Shoreditch 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The interval elapsing between notification and death is an indication of the efficiency of notification. In the following table the deaths from tuberculosis are classified according to this interval:—

The interval elapsing between notification and death is an indication of the efficiency of notification. In the following table the deaths from tuberculosis are classified according to this interval:—

MaleFemaleTotal
PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
1. No. of cases only notified at death...1......1
2. No. of cases notified within a month of death733114
3. No. of cases notified within 3 months of death2...417
4. No. of cases notified within 6 months of death4...1...5
5. No. of cases notified over 6 months from date of death ..32229...63
6. No. of deaths from tuberculosis of cases not notified under Tuberculosis Regultns.521...8
7. No. of tuberculous cases dying from disease other than tuberculosis1128122
6110463120

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