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Deptford 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
Notifications. The following table gives a summary of
the notifications received from the 1st January, 1936, to
31st December, 1936, and is prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the Ministry of Health.
The number of Primary Notifications is 156; 128 Pulmonary
Tuberculosis and 28 Non-pulmonary, as compared with 135
Pulmonary and 29 Non-pulmonary for the previous year.

Table: SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.Newcases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health,otherwisethan byformal notification.

SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.

Newcases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health,otherwisethan by

formal notification.

Age periods0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upTotal Cases
Pulmonary — Males..................121......4
„ —Females...............261..........9
Non-Pulmonary—Males...1.........1......1......3
„ —Females11............1......1...4

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.
Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
Death Returnsfrom local Registrars--
transferable deaths from Registrar-General33
Posthumous notifications22
" Transfers " from other areas (other than transferable deaths)71
Form D (from Sanatorium)11