[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Matlock U.D.C.

  • Matlock (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Matlock U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T uberculosis. The number of notifications remain about the same, with the pulmonary group slightly exceeding the non-pulmonary one. At the end of the year 88 cases remained on the register, there being 48 pulmonary and 40 non-pulmonary cases. The sex incidence is absolutely equal. The following table shows age, sex distribution and deaths from Tuberculosis during the year. Tuberculosis. New cases and Mortality during 1938. New Cases. Deaths. Age period Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respirator^' Non. Respiratory M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 0— — -' _ _ _ 1 — — — 1 1 — — — _ 5— — 1 3 1 — — — — 15— 1 2 — 1 2 — — — 25— 1 3 1 — 1 — — 35— 1 — 1 1 1 — — 1 45— 1 1 — — 1 — — — 55— 1 — — — 2 — — — 65 upwards —■ 2 — — — 2 — — Totals 5 9 1 5 5 6 3 — 1 Of the above 10 deaths, 4 had been notified before 1938. No occasion arose during the year necessitating the use of the powers afforded by the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations relating to persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis who were em¬ ployed in the milk trade, nor under the Public Health Act, which provides for the compulsory removal to hospital of persons suffering from tuberculosis. I have the honour to be. Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, S. S. PROCTOR, Bath Street, Bakewell. May, 23rd, 1939. Medical Officer of Health.