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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The following table gives the number of cases which came to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification, and the source from which information was obtained.
| Source of information | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Death Returns | |||||
| Transfers from other areas | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Other sources | 1 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 4 | 3 | - | |
| Details of cases removed from Register during the year:- | |||||
| Reason for removal | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Withdrawal of notification | |||||
| Recovery from disease | 16 | 12 | |||
| Death | 15 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Otherwise (e.g. removal from district) | 18 | 11 | 5 | 5 | |
| Total | 49 | 27 | 8 | 5 | |
| Revision of Notification Register - | |||||
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | TOTAL | |||
| M | F | M | F | ||
| No. of cases on Register at 31st December, 1961 | 240 | 190 | 58 | 29 | 517 |
| No» added during year | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 42 |
| No. removed during year | 49 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 89 |
| No. of cases on Register at 31st December, 1962 | 214 | 176 | 55 | 25 | 470 |