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Fulham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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53
TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year under review the Tuberculosis
Register has been corrected by the removal of all cases
under the headings cured, arrested, diagnosis not continned,
lost sight of, left the district or died, and the
addition of all new cases notified, in accordance with the
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.
At the end of 1929, the number of cases remaining on the Register was as under:—
| Pulmonary: | Non-Pulmonary: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| Number of cases on Register at commencement of 1929 | 439 | 381 | 290 | 238 |
| Number of cases removed during the year | 111 | 73 | 54 | 28 |
| 328 | 308 | 236 | 210 | |
| Number of cases notified for the first time during 1929 | 127 | 152 | 55 | 30 |
| Total number of cases remaining on the Register at the end of 1929 | 455 | 460 | 291 | 240 |
It will be seen from Table IV. that 364 cases of
tuberculosis were notified during the year 1929. Of
these 279 were cases of tuberculosis of the respiratory
system and 85 were due to tuberculosis of other organs.
Table IV. classifies the cases according to the ages of
the persons affected and also gives the number of cases
in each ward of the Borough.
Mortality from Tuberculosis.
Respiratory system:—
149 deaths 79 males, 70 females.
Death rate 0.96 per 1,000 being 0.23
lower than in 1928.
128 notified (85.9 per cent.)
21 not notified (14.1 per cent.) of whom 6 or 28.5
per cent. died in institutions.