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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Harrow 1967

[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 in nonpulmonary
cases from the date the disease was arrested.

Table: Summary of changes in register—1967

Summary of changes in register—1967

PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
MFMF
No. on register January 1st 1966975846105149
No. of new cases added222614
No. of cases other than on a Form "A"12612
No. of cases restored to register22——
No. of cases removed704885
No. on register December 31st 196791832100150

Table: Details of cases removed from register

Details of cases removed from register

PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
MFMF
Left District292342
Deaths1462—
Recovered524133
De-notified————
Lost Sight Of75——

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Deaths
Tuberculosis caused the death of 3 male and 1 female local residents.
Prevention
The satisfactory slight but steady decline in the number of notifications
continued during the year. In this context the work of the Chest Clinics and
Mass X-ray unit must be mentioned as early recognition of infection in a
person is of paramount importance.