Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930.
Summary of Notifications during the period from 1st January, 1943, to the 31st December, 1943.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | Total Notifications. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis. | |||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (All Ages | ||
| Pulmonary Males | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 105 | 107 |
| Pulmonary Females | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 91 | 93 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | ||
| Non-Pulmonary Females | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 14 | 14 |
SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.
Now Cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period,otherwise than by formal notification.
| Age Periods. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | 21 |
| Pulmonary Females | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 12 | ||
| Non-Pulmonary Males | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| Non-Pulmonary Females | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | |||||
| Totals | 46 | |||||||||||
The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained should be stated belows:-
| SOURCE OF INFORMATION. | Number of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
| Death Returns | From Local Registrars | 3 | 2 |
| Transferable deaths from Registrar General | 4 | 1 | |
| Posthumous notifications | 2 | - | |
| "Transfers"from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 23 | 10 | |
| Other Sources, if any (Specify) | 1 | - | |
| Totals | 33 | 13 | |
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