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Fulham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER.
During the year under review the Tuberculosis Register has been corrected by the removal
of all cases under the headings: recovered, arrested, diagnosis not confirmed, lost sight of, left
the district or died, and the addition of all new cases notified, in accordance with the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations.
The details of these removals and additions are as follows: —
| Pulmonary: | Non-Pulmonary: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | TOTALS: | |
| Number of cases on Register at commencement of 1936 | 581 | 585 | 306 | 306 | 1,778 |
| Number of cases removed during the year | 121 | 88 | 25 | 19 | 253 |
| 460 | 497 | 281 | 287 | 1,525 | |
| Number of cases notified for the first time during the year | 131 | 88 | 18 | 22 | 259 |
| Number of cases remaining on Register at end of year | 591 | 585 | 299 | 309 | 1,784 |
The number of cases notified for the first time during the year includes 243 cases analysed
in Table 41, page 106 and 16 cases in Table 42, page 107; these 16 cases are, of course, also
included in the 253 cases removed from the Register during the year.
In Table 26, page 85, the notifications received during the year are classified according
to the ages of the persons affected, and the number of cases notified in each ward of the Borough
is also given.
MORTALITY FROM TUBERCULOSIS.
Respiratory system:
107 Deaths 73 males, 34 females.
Death rate 0.76 per 1,000, being 0.02 lower than
in the previous year.
93 notified (86.92 per cent.).
14 not notified (13.08 per cent.). Of these 14 cases 7 died in institutions
and 3 were notified after
death.
Other Tuberculous Diseases'.
13 Deaths 7 males, 6 females.
Death rate 0.09 per 1,000, being 0.03 lower than
in the previous year.
7 notified (53.85 per cent.).
6 not notified (46.15 per cent.). Of these 6 cases 1 died in an institution.