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Barnes 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1938, 25 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 8 cases of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified, representing an incidencerate
of 0.61 cases per 1,000 of the population for pulmonary tuberculosis,
and 0.81 for all forms of the disease.
Particulars of the new cases of tuberculosis coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, and of the deaths which
occurred, during 1938 are given in Table XX below. Of the 48
new cases during the year 33 (25 pulmonary, 8 non-pulmonary)
were primary notifications; the other 15 new cases (11 pulmonary,
4 non-pulmonary) were brought to my knowledge in the following
manner : —notifications transferred from other areas on change of
address, 13 ; information obtained from death returns, 2.
Table XX.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality during
1938.
| Age-Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | |
| 0-1 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1-5 „ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5-10 „ | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10-15 „ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15-20 „ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 20-25 „ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 25-35 „ | 4 | 12 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 35-45 „ | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 45-55 „ | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 55-65 „ | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 „ and over | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| All ages | 15 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 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 number of deaths during 1938 from tuberculosis was 20
(16 pulmonary, 4 non-pulmonary), corresponding to a death-rate
per 1,000 of the population of 0.39 for pulmonary tuberculosis and
0.49 for all forms of the disease, the death-rate for London being
0.69 for all forms of tuberculosis.
Notification of Tuberculosis.
Information as to the ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deatln
to total tuberculosis deaths for the year is given hereunder:—
There were during 1938 20 deaths from tuberculosis assigned to
this Borough.