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Seven were residents who died within the area, and 13 were
transferable deaths of residents who died at addresses outside the area.
All 7 "resident" deaths had been notified to me in accordance with
the Tuberculosis Regulations during the lifetime of the patient.
Of the 13 "transferable deaths" 10 had been duly notified in
accordance with the Regulations. The remaining 3 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 only discovered after death as a result of post-mortem
examination ; in another case diagnosis of tuberculosis was made in
the institution, outside the Borough, in which the patient died. The
cause of death in each of these cases was pulmonary tuberculosis. 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, 1938 are as under :—