[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council 1928].

  • London County Council (London, England). County of London.
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[1929?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council 1928]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    29 Notifications on Form IS. Notifications onFormC (Prirnarynotificationsof cases discovered through (Secondary notifications From of tuberculosis Sex medical inspection in elementary schools.) from institutions notified. _ receiving cases.) 0- 5- 10 + Total. Poor Law. Other. Pulmonary tuberculosis M. — 3 2 5 1,130 2,989 F. — 1 3 4 764 1,926 Other tuberculosis M. 4 19 10 33 93 492 F. 1 15 8 24 74 409 All forms of tuberculosis M. 4 22 12 38 1,223 3,481 F. 1 16 11 28 838 2,335 In addition to the primary cases notified on forms A and B shown in the above tables, a number of cases came to the knowledge of Medical Officers of Health, other wise than by notification. These figures include cases not notified before death:— Form of tulierculosis notified. Sex. New cases of tuberculosis coining to knowledge otherwise than by notification on forms A and B. 0- 1- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65 + Total. Pulmonary tuberculosis M. 5 8 7 9 13 39 89 69 63 55 25 382 F. — 14 2 7 22 51 101 46 34 23 16 316 Other tuberculosis M. 14 43 21 13 10 11 8 11 9 4 2 146 F. 11 34 26 14 8 12 16 11 4 6 4 146 All forms of tuberculosis M. 19 51 28 22 23 50 97 80 72 59 27 528 F. 11 48 28 21 30 63 117 57 38 29 20 462 The source of information as to the unnotified cases shown in the above table was as follows:— Source of Information. No. of Cases. Pulmonary. Non-pulmonary Death Returns 359 186 Transfers from other areas 258 75 Forms C and D 27 3 Other sources 54 28 The returns received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924, from the Medical Officers of Health of the metropolitan boroughs show that there were 33,117 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (18,553 males and 14,564 females) and 13,623 cases of other forms of tuberculosis (7,146 males and 6,477 females) on the registers of the metropolitan boroughs at, the end of 1998 There were 6,773 deaths from cancer in 1928 as compared with 6,774 in 1927 and 6,720 in 1926. The death rate per 1,000 was 1'52. There was an increase of 44 in the male deaths and a decrease of 45 among females. Cancer. Administration. The supervision of the 157 common lodging-houses licensed by the Council under the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1902, entailed 7,335 day visits and 242 night visits by the inspectors. The supervision of 27 seamen's lodging-houses licensed under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, entailed 813 visits by day and 32 by night. A comprehensive report on common lodging-houses, with special reference to the accommodation for women, was prepared in December, 1926, and is obtainable at the Council's publishers.* *Common Lodging Houses and Kindred Institutions. No. 2489. Price Is. 6d. 16479 c Common and seamen's lodging houses.