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Harrow 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Register.
The Tuberculosis Register is a compilation of the names of those
persons in the district who are suffering from the disease or have recently
suffered from it. The names of the newly notified are added to it and
entries are made of those persons who have moved into the district
suffering from tuberculosis. Names are deleted on the removal of persons
from the district or on death, or recovery, an accepted standard of
recovery being a lapse of five years in the pulmonary cases and three
years in non-pulmonary cases from the date the disease was arrested.

Table: The following is a summary of the changes which have taken place in the register during the year:—

The following is a summary of the changes which have taken place in the register during the year:—

PulmonaryNon-pulmonary
MaleFemaleMaleFemale
No. on register, January 1st 19641,105919115146
No. of new cases added512454
No. of cases other than on a Form"A"2529—1
No. of cases restored to register—1——
No. of cases removed1005894
No. on register December 31st 19641,081915111147

Table: Details of cases removed from the register:—

Details of cases removed from the register:—

PulmonaryNon-pulmonary
MaleFemaleMaleFemale
Left District392222
Deaths114—1
Recovered422961
De-notified2—1—
Lost sight of63——

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Deaths
Tuberculosis caused the death of 12 local residents, 10 male and
2 female. All the deaths occurred in residents over the age of 45.
Prevention.
The early recognition of infection in a person is of paramount
importance and in this context the work of the chest clinics and the
Mass X-ray Unit must be mentioned.