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Stepney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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126
Ministry of Health. Form T.137
1935.
PART I — Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January,
1935, to the 31st December, 1935, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.
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 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 30 | 16 | 245 | 249 |
| Females | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 124 | 125 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | - | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 46 |
| „ „ Females | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 36 | 36 |
SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.
PART IT.— New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.
| Age periods | 0— | 1- | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 26- | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 15 |
| Females | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | - | 1 | 9 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| „ „ Females | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 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 | 4 | 1 |
| transferable deaths from Registrar General | 3 | 3 | |
| Posthumous notifications | - | — | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 17 | 7 | |
| Other Sources | - | — | |
PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1935, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health. | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| 1015 | 609 | 1624 | 294 | 205 | 499 | 2,123 | |
| Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason inter alia of:— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2. Recovery from disease | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 3. Deaths | 100 | 50 | 150 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 173* |
*3 of these refer to old cases, ascertained during the revision of the Register.