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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
Stepney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1934, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health. | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| 1165 | 583 | 1748 | 376 | 380 | 756 | 2,504 | |
| Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |
| 2. Recovery from disease | 12 | 18 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 36 |
| 3. Deaths | 124 | 65 | 189 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 220* |
New Cases
of Tuberculosis
and
Mortality.
16 of these refer to old cases, ascertained during the revision of the Register.
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in Stepney during 1934.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 15 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 1 | — |
| 25 | 42 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | — | — |
| 45 | 53 | 9 | — | 1 | 30 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 55 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 9 | 4 | — | 10 | 2 | — | — | |
| Totals | 231 | 118 | 40 | 31 | 120 | 63 | 13 | 8 |
Public
Health
(Prevention
of
Tuberculosis)
Regulations,
1925.
These regulations provide that persons suffering from Tuberculosis of the
Respiratory tract shall not be employed in the handling of milk or milk
receptacles.
Power is given to the Council to cause such persons to discontinue their
employment. It was not found necessary to take action under the regulations
during the year.