[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    preceding 10 years. There were in 1926, 23 more deaths from Cancer than in the previous year. There were 63 deaths from Tuberculosis (all forms) (36 males and 27 females), giving a death rate of T21 as compared with 1-02 in 1925 and T4 the average for the preceding 10 years. There were in 1926 10 more deaths from tuberculosis than in the previous year. There were 46 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis (27 males and 19 females), giving a death rate of 0-88 as compared with 0-69 in 1925 and T12 the average for the preceding 10 years. There were in 1926, 10 more deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis than in the previous year. Of the 46, 28 had not received Sana¬ torium treatment and 18 had. The condition of these 18 on admission to the Sanatorium was as follows ;— Stadium I. and — T.B. . . . . 1 Stadium T. and + T.B. . . . . 3 Stadium II. and — T.B. . . . . 2 Stadium II. and -f T-B. . . . . 11 Stadium III. and — T.B. . . 1 It will be observed that only 4 were assessed as early stage cases on the apparent extent of the lesion, and three of these had tubercle bacilli in the sputum, a fact which might quite properly exclude them from the category of genuinely early cases. The Sanatorium treatment had been obtained in 1913 (1 case), in 1917 (2 cases), in 1919 (1 case), in 1921 (1 case), in 1923 (3 cases), in 1924 (4 cases), in 1925 (5 cases), and in 1926 (1 case). All the cases except one had been notified and the following periods had intervened between the date of notification and the date of death :— Under 1 month 1—3 months 3—6 6- 12- 18- 24 -12 -18 -24 -48 5 ) 48 months and over 6 8 8 5 3 4 1 10 cases. ? 5 ? 5 ? J ? 5 5 ? 3 3 33 It will be noted that half the deaths occurred within 12 months of notification. The unnotified case was one where the disease had been discovered at a post-mortem examination. }