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Stepney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Ministry of Health
Form T.138
1937.
PART I —Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1937, to the 31st December, 1937, 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 | — | 12 | 25 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 161 | 202 |
| ,, Females | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 85 | 96 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| „ „ Females | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 23 | 23 |
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 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| Females | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 10 |
| „ „ Females | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 |
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 | — | — |
| transferable deaths from Registrar General | — | — | |
| Posthumous notifications | 22 | 8 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 27 | 8 | |
| Other Sources | — | — | |
PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1937, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health. | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| 981 | 570 | 1551 | 273 | 206 | 479 | 2,030 | |
| Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason inter alia of:— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 2. Recovery from disease | 39 | 35 | 74 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 116 |
| 3. Deaths | 114 | 40 | 154 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 171 |
| T.B. Patients who died from other diseases | 14 | 6 | 20 | 2 | — | 2 | 22 |
| 4. Otherwise: "Transfers" to other areas | 54 | 33 | 87 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 112 |