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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The supplementary table gives the age grouping of cases of tuberculosis which came to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health, otherwise than by formal notifications, during the year 1934:—
| Age periods | 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 65 | 65 and upwards | Total (all ages) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary, Males | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 18 |
| Females | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 10 |
| Non-pulmonary, Males | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Females | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
The source of information in respect of these 36 cases is also given in tabular
form.
Further particulars regarding the notifications, with the reason for removal of cases from register, is given in the following table:—
| SOURCE OF INFORMATION AS TO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CASES. | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | ||
| Death Returns | from local Registrars | 3 | – |
| transferable deaths from Registrar-General | 2 | 1 | |
| Posthumous notifications | — | – | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 19 | 6 | |
| Other sources, restored to register | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | 8 | |
| Pulmonary and non-pulmonary | =36 | ||
Notification Register.
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Register at the 31st December, 1934 | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| 632 | 548 | 1180 | 235 | 181 | 416 | 1596 | |
| Number of cases removed from the Register during the year by reason inter alia of:— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | 41 | 41 | 82 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 114 |
| 2. Recovery from the disease | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 3. Death | 64 | 30 | 94 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 105 |
| 4. Totals | 112 | 75 | 187 | 29 | 19 | 49 | 236 |