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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 11.—PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBEBCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930. 38A Summary of Notifications during the period from 1st January, 1918, to the 31st December, 1948.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tube | rculosis | |||||||||||||
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | Total (all ages) | |
| Respiratory, Males | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 123 |
| Respiratory, Females | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 98 |
| Non-Respiratory, Males | — | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Non-Respiratory, Females | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
PART II.—New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.
| Source of Information | Number of cases in age Groups | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65 — | 75— | Total | ||
| Death Returns from Local Registrars... | M Respiratory F M Non-Respiratory F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 (A) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 (B) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 (C) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
| Death Returns from Registrar-General (Transferable deaths) ... | M Respiratory F M Non-Respiratory F | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 (A) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (B) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 (D) | ||
| Posthumous Notifications ... | M Respiratorv F M Non-Respiratory F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
| "Transfers" from Other Areas (excluding transferable deaths) ... | M Respiratory F M Non-Respiratory F | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 8 (A) | |
| I | 6 | 7 | 14 (B) | ||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 (C) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (D) | ||
| Other Sources | M Respiratory F M Non-Respiratory F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
| Totals (A) | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | 2 | ||||||||||||||