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Barnes 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Particulars of the new cases of tuberculosis coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, and of the deaths which
occurred, during 1937 are given in Table XX below. Of the 47
new cases during the year 38 (28 pulmonary, 10 non-pulmonary)
were primary notifications; the other 9 new cases (6 pulmonary,
3 non-pulmonary) were brought to my knowledge in the following
manner: —notifications transferred from other areas on change of
address, 6; information obtained from death returns, 3.
Table XX.—Tuberculosis : New Cases and Mortality during 1937.
| Age-Periods. | New Cases.* | deaths.† | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P ulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | |
| 0-1 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 „ | - | - | - | — | - | - | 1 | — |
| 5-10 „ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10-15 „ | — | — | i | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-20 „ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 20-25 „ | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 25-35 „ | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 |
| 35-45 „ | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 45-55 „ | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 55-65 „ | 2 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 |
| 65 „ and over | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| All ages | 18 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
* In addition to primary notifications, all other new cases coming to the
knowledge of the M.O.H. are included in these figures.
†The total number of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis assigned to
the Borough is 25 (16 male, 9 female). It has not been possible to include
in the above Tables one of the male deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis as
information as to age of the deceased is not available.
The number of deaths during 1937 from tuberculosis was 29
(25 pulmonary, 4 non-pulmonary), corresponding to a death-rate
per 1,000 of the population of 0.61 for pulmonary tuberculosis and
0.71 for all forms of the disease, the death-rate for London being
0.75 for all forms of tuberculosis.
Notification of Tuberculosis.
Information as to the ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths
to total tuberculosis deaths for the year is given hereunder:—
There were during 1937 25 deaths from tuberculosis assigned to
this Borough; information regarding one male death from pulmonary
tuberculosis is not available from the Registrar General. Of the