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ing 24 deaths 9 were residents who died within the area, and 15 were
transferable deaths of residents who died at addresses outside the area.
Of the9 "resident" deaths there was only one instance in which the
case had not been notified to me in accordance with the Tuberculosis
Regulations during the lifetime of the patient. In this case it was
ascertained on enquiry that the patient had been diagnosed to be
suffering from tuberculosis whilst an inmate of a London general
hospital.
Of the 15 "transferable deaths" 13 had been duly notified in
accordance with the Regulations. The remaining 2 deaths were
residents whose deaths occurred in areas outside this area and knowledge
of these was received from the Registrar-General on Inward
Transfer Death-returns. In one of these cases diagnosis of tuberculosis
was first made in the institution outside the district in which
the patient died; the cause of death in this case was found upon
post-mortem examination to be tuberculosis of the larynx. The
remaining case was that of a patient who died from pulmonary tuberculosis
in an asylum situated outside this Borough. The patient
had been originally admitted to the asylum from an address in this
area but tuberculosis was first diagnosed whilst the patient was a resident
in the asylum. Notification of the case had been made to the Medical
Officer of Health of the area in which the asylum was situated but
the notification had not been transferred by the Medical Officer of
Health of that area to me.
No instance occurred of wilful neglect or refusal to notify.
The Register of Notifications has been kept revised in accordance
with the requirements of the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1930. The number of cases added to or removed from the Register
during the year and the number remaining on the Register on December
31st, 1937 are as under :—

*Note.—Included in these figures is one patient whose name was restored
to the Register.