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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end. of 1952 was 994,
viz., pulmonary 867, non-pulmonary 127.
TABLE XI
Tuberculosis Register - 1952
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| (a) Number of Gases on Register at commencement of year | 431 | 392 | 51 | 75 | 482 | 467 |
| (b) Number of Gases notified for first time during year under Regulations | 52 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 43 |
| (c) Gases restored to Register during year | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| (d) Gases added to Register otherwise than by notification under Regulations:-(1) Transferred from other districts | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| (2) Non—notif1ed deaths | — | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| (e) Number of Gases removed from Register | 28 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 36 |
| (f) Number of Gases remaining on Register at end of year | 462 | 405 | 51 | 76 | 513 | 481 |
Cases removed from the Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows: -
| Found not to be T.B. | Recovered | Lost sight of | Removed to another area | Died at home | Died at Sanatorium or other Institution | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| PULMONARY | |||||||||||||
| - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 32 |
| NON-PULMONARY | |||||||||||||
| - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |