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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 38—
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 | 1 | 6 | |
| Posthumous notifications | 2 | 3 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 23 | 10 | |
| Other sources if any (specify) (Merchant Seamen) | 3 | — | |
Notification Register.
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December 1937, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the County Borough | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Cases | |
| 502 | 433 | 935 | 153 | 145 | 298 | 1,233 | |
| Number of cases removed from Registers during the year by reason of:— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | — | 1 | I | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2. Recovery from the disease | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 3. Death (all causes) | 54 | 31 | 85 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 98 |
| 4. Otherwise | 32 | 20 | 52 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 71 |