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Stepney 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Form T.137
1981.
90

Table: PART I—Summary of Notifications during the period from the 28th December, 1930, to the 2nd January, 1932, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.

PART I—Summary of Notifications during the period from the 28th December, 1930, to the 2nd January, 1932, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.

Age periodsFormal Notifications.
Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of TuberculosisTotal Notifications.
0—1—5—10—15—20—25—35—45—55—65—Total (all ages)
Pnlmonarv Males-5-221234044513312231264
Females—1482235312116106154173
Non-pulmonary Males111187952—3316065
,, ,, Females261033662-1-3941

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Ministry of Health.
PART I—Summary of Notifications during the period from the 28th December,
1930, to the 2nd January, 1932, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of STEPNEY.
Age periods
Formal Notifications.
Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis
Total Notifications.
0—
1—
5—
10—
15—
20—
25—
35—
45—
55—
65—
Total
(all ages)
Pnlmonarv Males
-
5
-
2
21
23
40
44
51
33
12
231
264
Females
—
1
4
8
22
35
31
21
16
10
6
154
173
Non-pulmonary Males
1
11
18
7
9
5
2
—
3
3
1
60
65
,, ,, Females
2
6
10
3
3
6
6
2
-
1
-
39
41

Table: SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.PART II.—New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.

PART II.—New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

Age periods0-1—5-10—15—20-25—35—45—55-65—Total
Pulmonary Males------242-210
Females—--112212-—9
Non-pulmonary Males-1-—1——11l16
Females--1-------12

Table: The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained is stated below:-

The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained is stated below:-

Source of Information.No. of Cases.
PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary.
Death Returnsfrom local Registrars94
transferable deaths from Registrar General83
Posthumous notifications-—
"Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths)21
Other Sources--

Table: PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.

PART III. NOTIFICATION REGISTER.

Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining at the 31st December, 1931, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health.PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryTotal Cases
MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotal
157294525175034749773,494
Number of cases removed from the Register(s) during the year by reason inter alia of:—
1. Withdrawal of notification332659581372
2. Recovery from disease6652118171532150
3. Death244152396381957453*
4. Removals2191293487136107455
*199 of these refer to old cases, some of them as far back as 1914, ascertained during the revision of the Register.