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Stepney 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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The Public Health Tuberculosis Regulations 1912.
Under these regulations all forms of Tuberculosis are to be notified
to the Medical Officer of Health. Four kinds of forms are used for this
purpose: Forms "A" and " B " are for primary cases, •' C for admission
to sanatorium or Poor Law Hospitals, and " D " for discharges from them.
All such notifications are treated as confidential and entered on a register
kept specially for that purpose.
The following table shows a summary of the notifications receiving
during the year :—
Form T. 137 (rev.)
1930.

Table: Summary of Notifications during the period from the 29th December, 1929, to the 27th December, 1930,in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

Summary of Notifications during the period from the 29th December, 1929, to the 27th December, 1930,

in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

Age-PeriodsNotifications on Form ANotifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis.
Number of Primary Notifications of new casesof tuberculosis.Total NotifiTotal Notifications on Form B.Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal all ages.cations on Form A.Under 55 to 1010 to 15Total 0 to 15
Pulmonary: Males -24821284942443014242275—————114196
„ Females—43819293022118—134154————4982
Non-pulmonary: Males116119106812216771—1—111231
„ Females19866642-2-4446-1—11227