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East Ham 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
163 deaths were registered from Tubercular diseases in
various forms as compared with 149 last year.
Tuberculosis of Lungs 111
Tuberculosis of Brain 28
General Tuberculosis 13
Abdominal Tuberculosis 6
Tubercular Larynx 3
Other forms of Tuberculosis 2
The number of deaths and the death-rate from all forms of this disease for the past five years are given in the following Table:—
| Year. | No. of Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 of Population. |
|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 169 | 1.30 |
| 1907 | 175 | 1.28 |
| 1908 | 171 | 1.18 |
| 1909 | 149 | 0.99 |
| 1910 | 163 | 1.04 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNGS (PHTHISIS)
hi deaths were registered as due to this cause. 98 of
these were between the ages of 15 and 65 years. This is the
most important form of the disease from the Preventive
Medicine point of view. There is a slight increase in the rate
of last year. (1909 death-rate, 0.65; 1910 death-rate, 0.71).
During the year, 56 cases have been notified by the Poor
Law Authorities. Voluntary notification (that for which no fee is
paid) has been a failure, but I am pleased to note that owing to
free Bacteriological examination of sputum in the Laboratory
for Medical Practitioners the true prevalence of the disease is
more known. Each Practitioner in the Borough has been
supplied with a sputum outfit, viz., a small wide-mouthed
bottle in a tin, with instructions as to obtaining sputum and
name and age of the patient, together with a short history of
the illness.