[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough.

  • Brighton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following table shewing the percentage of patients now alive and under observation, of the numbers notified in each year, is of interest. Of those notified in ... 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 Percentage alive 74 52 43 44 34 24 22 29 17 14 3 0 According to this table, the expectation of life after notification is about 3J years. A near approximation to the expectation of life after notification may lie derived from the following statement:— Patients notified who are still under observation or who have died in Brighton. Of 1,805 patients .1,223, or 68% O 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 1,055 628 469 304 211 149 102 43 19 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 £ 0 0 33 0 r-> O CO V 1st calendar year, 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 722, or 68% 513, or 82% 412, or 88% 278, or 91% 193, or 91% 144, or 97% 97, or 95% 42, or 98% 16, or 84% o •‘‘-'9 or 50% 0 0 4^ cS 0 '> 0 0 > 0 (*1 calendar year in which they were notified. 2nd calendar year 3rd 9 9 9 9 o 0 0 4th 9 9 9 9 % zp 5th 9 9 9 9 rH c 6th 7 th 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • f-H y 03 CS 0 i-l 0 8th 9 9 9 9 3! £ 9th 5 5 % y 10th 9 9 9 9 - 0 4-) ‘-4—I 0 ,11th 9 9 ,, J Leaving out the calculation, the years lived by 27 per cent, of notified cases alive at the end of the sixth year after notification, the average expecta- tion of life of the notified case is still over three years. During the year, 389 notifications of Pulmonary Tubercle were received; of these, 253 were under the system of Voluntary Notification, and 136 under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, as shewn in the follovdng table. Primary No- Re-Notifica- Voluntary Notifications-— tification. tion. In private practice ... 69 12 In public practice 111 43 By M.O.H. of adjoining district 2 By M.O.H. and School Doctor 14 1 By relatives of patients l 197 56 Under L. G. B. Regulations— By the Parochial Medical Officers 4 6 By the Workhouse Medical Officers ... 46 42 By the Workhouse Masters ... 4 30 By the Relieving Officers — 4 54 82 The 138 re-notifications were in respect of 105 patients; 80 cases being re-notified once, 18 twice, 6 three times, and 1 four times.