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Harrow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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population compared with the figure of 0.31 for England and Wales
for the year 1937. Of these, 20 were known to have been notified
as suffering from the disease before they moved into this district.
In almost one-half of the cases bones or joints were affected, the
remaining cases being almost equally divided into lesions of the
cervical glands and abdominal tuberculosis. Roughly the same
proportions hold for those who contracted the disease locally,
though these included five cases of genito-urinary tuberculosis
and five cases of meningitis. In only three of the non-pulmonary
cases was a family history of tuberculosis obtained, and almost
invariably the milk supply was pasteurized.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| No. on register Jan. 1st, 1938 | 285 | 243 | 57 | 62 |
| No. of New Cases added | 111 | 118 | 28 | 21 |
| No. of cases added—other than on Form A | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| No. of cases restored to register | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| No. of cases removed | 73 | 95 | 22 | 14 |
| No. on register Dec. 31st, 1938 | 327 | 267 | 64 | 75 |
Per 100,000 total population the numbers of pulmonary cases
on the register at the end of the year were 178 male and 145 female,
the comparable figures for the country as a whole at the end of
1935 being 290 and 249. The corresponding local figures for nonpulmonary
tuberculosis were 3.5 and 4.1, and for England and
Wales 12 and 11.5.
The following table is a summary of the cases removed from the register with the reason for their removal:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| Left the District | 29 | 44 | 2 | 1 |
| Died | 29 | 37 | 10 | 7 |
| Cured | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed or withdrawn | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Deaths.
68 persons (30 male and 38 female) died from pulmonary
tuberculosis during the year and 28 (10 male and 18 female)
from non-pulmonary tuberculosis. The death rate per million
population was therefore 359 for the pulmonary disease compared
with the figure of 584 for England and Wales for the year 1937,
the comparable local figure for non-pulmonary tuberculosis being
98 and the corresponding national figure 111.