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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
East Ham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 31—continued.
The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained:—
| Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | ||
| Death returns | from local Registrars | - | 2 |
| transferable deaths from Registrar General | 2 | 2 | |
| Posthumous notifications | 2 | 5 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 27 | 6 | |
| Other sources if any (specify) (Merchant Seamen) | 3 | — | |
Notification Register.
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December 1935, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the County Borough | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total Cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| 493 | 396 | 889 | 154 | 131 | 285 | 1,174 | |
| Number of cases removed from Registers during the year by reason inter alia of:— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | — | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2. Recovery from the disease | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| 3. Death | 51 | 33 | 84 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 102 |