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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The source of information in respect of these 35 cases is also given in tabular form:-
| SOURCE OF INFORMATION AS TO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CASES. | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | ||
| Death returns | from local registrars | 2 | - |
| transferable deaths from Registrar-General | 1 | 6 | |
| Posthumous notifications | 1 | - | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 18 | 7 | |
| Other sources (if any) | - | - | |
| Total | 22 | 13 | |
| Pulmonary and non-pulmonary | 35 | ||
Further particulars regarding the notifications, with the reason for removal of cases from register, is given in the following table:—
Notification Register.
| Number of cases of tuberculosis remaining on the Register at the 31st December, 1936 | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| 567 | 506 | 1073 | 217 | 186 | 403 | 1476 | |
| Number of cases removed from the Register during the year by reason inter alia of:— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2. Recovery from the disease | 16 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 37 |
| 3. Death | 43 | 26 | 69 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 81 |