London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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19 Cases Notified for last ten years 20 TUBERCULOSIS— New Cases and Deaths 21 Period between Notifications and Deaths 21 Nursing, Extra Nourishment and Shelters 22 Lady Almoner 22 Work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary 23 Summary of Notifications
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HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930. Summary of Notifications during the period from the Ist January, 1941, to the 31st December, 1941. Formal Notifications Age Periods Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis Total
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TABLE I. TUBERCULOSIS, 1941—NEW CASES AND DEATHS.
AGE PERIODS NEW CASES DEATHS Pulmonary NonPulmonary Pulmonary NonPulmonary Table on page 24
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 Periods 0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 and upwards Total Table on page 24
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1930. Summary of Notifications during the period from the Ist January, 1941, to the 31st December, 1941.
Age Periods Formal Notifications Total Notifications Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis 0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 and upwards Total (all ages) Text on page 20
121 113 125 170 112 103 101 Whooping Cough - - 275 - - 889 Measles - - 7 85 - - 177 Tuberculosis — Respiratory System 182 129 142 141 147 112 35 Other forms of Tuberculosis 34 32 34 34 31 1,730 1,149 1,512 1,371 1,004 966 1,145 Totals
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Phillip, who started one in Edinburgh as far back as 1887, and it is the remarkable success he achieved by it that has induced sanitary authorities not only in Great Britain but in most other civilised countries to imitate his method. The general
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when formulating preventive measures. A sharp line, however, cannot be drawn between the various forms of tuberculosis, for one form is always liable to give rise to another, and every tubercular focus in our bodies is a potential source of danger.
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Tuberculosis Dispensary. From the Annual Report of the Dispensary there were 597 new patients examined; of these 406 were definitely suffering from or suspected to be suffering from tuberculosis in some form. The
