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Harrow 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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of during the year, 75 (63 male and 12 female) occurred amongst persons
in the Services; 49 (33 and 16) had been notified before transferring to
the district, while two persons notified had never lived here; 184 (93 and
91) though, were notified first in this district. In the case of the remainder
information had not been obtained as to whether they were original cases
or transfers.
The figure of 42 of non-pulmonary notifications was smaller than
that of last year. In 8 the patients transferred here had previously
been notified elsewhere as suffering from the condition. Five notifications
were of persons in the Services. Of 29 cases who presumably contracted
the infection locally, 8 suffered from joint or bone disease, 7 from lesions
of the cervical lymph glands, 5 from lesions of the skin, 3 from abdominal
tuberculosis and two each from salpingitis, renal disease and meningitis.
In only three of these was there a family history of tuberculosis.
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| No. on register January 1st, 1944 | 556 | 505 | 104 | 97 |
| No. of New Cases added | 167 | 122 | 18 | 24 |
| No. of cases added—other than on Form A | 13 | 18 | 4 | 3 |
| No. of cases restored to register | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| No. of cases removed | 158 | 138 | 25 | 30 |
| No. on Register December 31st, 1944 | 584 | 513 | 102 | 95 |
The following table is a summary of the cases removed from the register with the reasons for removal :
| Reasons for Removal | Pulmonary | N on-pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Left the district | 54 | 62 | 7 | 11 |
| Died | 67 | 53 | 6 | 4 |
| Cured | 31 | 21 | 12 | 13 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed or withdrawn | 6 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Total | 158 | 138 | 25 | 30 |
Deaths.
83 persons (44 and 39) died from pulmonary tuberculosis during the
year, and 14 (9 and 5) from non-pulmonary tuberculosis. This infection
therefore accounted for 5.6 per cent, of the total deaths in the district.
The corresponding figures last year were 92 deaths from pulmonary and
15 from non-pulmonary tuberculosis, the disease accounting for 5.2 per
cent, of the total deaths.
59 per cent, of the deaths of those who succumbed to pulmonary
tuberculosis took place outside the district, mostly in institutions, the