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Stepney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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349 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified during the year, or
39 less than in the previous year. Of these, 231 were males, a decrease of 23.
118 were females, a decrease of 16.
71 cases of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified during the year, or
25 less than in the previous year.
There were 204 deaths from Tuberculosis, or 31 less than in the previous
year. Of these: 120 males and 63 females died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
13 males and 8 females died from Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis.
The death rate for the whole Borough was .94 per 1,000 of the population.
Ministry of Health. Form T.137
1934.
PART I —Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January,
1934 to the 31st December, 1934, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.
Tuberculosis.
Public
Health
Tuberculosis)
Regulations,
1930.
Formal Notifications.
Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis
| Age periods | 0— | 1— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25- | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | Total (all ages) | Total Notifications. |
| Pulmonary Males | 1 | 3 | 9 | u | 32 | 42 | 35 | 53 | 29 | 9 | 231 | 247 | |
| „ Females | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 118 | 124 |
| Non-pulmonary Males ... | — | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | 4 | — | 40 | 40 |
| „ „ Females | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 33 |
SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.
PART II.—New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the linowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.
| Age periods | 0— | 1 1— 5— | io—lie— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— 55— | 65— | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | |||||||
| Females | _ | 1 | _ | l | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Non-pulmonary Males ... | _ | ?, | _ | i | 1 | 1 | 3 | _ | _ | 1 | 9 | ||
| .. „ Females | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | |||
| The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained is stated below:— | |||||||||||||
| Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | ||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | ||||||||||||
| Death Returns -(from local Registrars) | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||
| transferable deaths from Registrar General | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Posthumous notifications | ___. | _ | |||||||||||
| Transfers " from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 19 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Other Sources | — | — | |||||||||||