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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Ministry of Health. Form T.157
1936.
PART I —Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1936, to the 31st December, 1936, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.
| Age periods | Formal Notifications. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis | Total Notifications. | ||||||||||||
| 0— | 1— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | Total (all ages) | ||
| Pulmonary Males | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 42 | 37 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 195 | 222 |
| „ Females | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 88 | 102 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 32 | 34 |
| „ „ Females | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 29 | 29 |
Public
Health
(Tuberculosis)
Regulations,
1930.
SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.
PART II.—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- | 25- | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | 1 | - | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| „ Females | — | - | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 15 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| „ „ Females | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 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 | 1 | - |
| transferable deaths from Registrar General | — | — | |
| Posthumous notifications | 12 | 4 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 25 | 9 | |
| Other Sources | ~~ | - | |
PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1936, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health. | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| 1032 | 590 | 1622 | 301 | 213 | 514 | 2,136 | |
| Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason inter alia of:— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | 11 |
| 2. Recovery from disease | 14 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 45 |
| 3. Deaths | 94 | 49 | 143 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 156 |
| T.B. Patients who died from other diseases | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |