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

  • Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The causes of death from tubercular disease other than Phthisis were as follows. Tubercular Meningitis 16 Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica 4 Other Tubercular Diseases 19 Under the Regulations of the Local Government Board, which makes the occurrence of Phthisis in a poor person compulsorily notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health, 159 notifications were received during the year. Notifications were received in respect of 91 persons, of which number 64 referred to primary cases, and 27 to cases which had been reported during the previous year. The remainder were duplicates. The following table shows the number reported more than once, and the number of duplicate notifi- cations received in connection therewith. Number of Primary Cases Cases reported during 1910, which had been notified during the previous year Total Cases notified... Number of times each case was notified during 1910 Number of notifications received ... 37 20 5 9 w 64 11 6 rr 7 1 1 1 27 48 26 12 3 1 1 91 1 2 3 4 5 6 . . . 48 52 36 12 5 6 159