[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough.

Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1926

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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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TABLE XIV. TUBERCULOSIS—PERIODS BETWEEN NOTIFICATION AND DEATH. 6 3 1 2 5 5 7 4 3 9 5 11 Died within 1 week of Notification. „ „ 2 weeks of Notification „ „ 3 weeks of Notification. „ „ 1 month of Notification. „ „ 2 months of Notification „ „ 3 months of Notification „ „ 6 months of Notification „ „ 9 months of Notification „ „ 1 year of Notification „ „ 2 years of Notification. „ „ 3 years of Notification „ „ 4 years of Notification or more, 7 „ without Notification of the disease. Of 68 deaths which occurred among- Tuberculosis Patients 7 or 10 per cent, were not notified, and 29, or a further 43 per cent, died within 6 months of notification. In 1925, 10 died without being notified, out of a total of 73 deaths. Letters were written in each case where a General Prac- titioner had been in attendance, asking for an explanation of non-notification.