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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The source of information in respect of these 41 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 | 1 | - |
| transferable deaths from Registrar-General | 1 | 2 | |
| Posthumous notifications | - | 1 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 29 | 7 | |
| Other sources (if any) | - | - | |
| Total | 31 | 10 | |
| Pulmonary and non-pulmonary | 41 | ||
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, 1938 | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| 447 | 396 | 843 | 161 | 143 | 304 | 1,147 | |
| Number of cases removed from the Register during the year by reason inter alia of :— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Recovery from the disease | 10 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 38 |
| 3. Death | 34 | 23 | 57 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 69 |
| 4. Otherwise (e.g., removai from district) | 134 | 125 | 259 | 54 | 48 | 102 | 361 |
The distribution of the cases notified (primary notification) in the different
wards is as follows:—