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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 1938
[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 | 3 |
| transferable deaths from Registrar General | 3 | 1 | |
| Posthumous notifications | 1 | 2 | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 19 | 10 | |
| Other sources if any (specify) | — | — | |
Notification Register.
| Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December 1938, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Cases | |
| 507 | 461 | 968 | 149 | 135 | 284 | 1.252 | |
| Number of cases removed from Registers during the year by reason of:— | |||||||
| 1. Withdrawal of notification | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 5 |
| 2. Recovery from the disease | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 3. Death (all causes) | 53 | 29 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 93 |
| 4. Otherwise | 29 | 18 | 47 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 70 |