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East Ham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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COUNTY BOROUGH OF EAST HAM.
(Population 141,500.)
Reduction in number of New Cases of Tuberculosis (Consumption)
notified during the years 1920-1932.
The graph shows a definite progressive tendency towards
diminution.
The number of notifications received is not necessarily a
criterion of our position as regards tuberculosis. The principal
point is the proportion of cases notified in the early and noninfectious
stage of the disease. If a diagnosis, is made at this