[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Wiltshire County Council.

  • Wiltshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Wiltshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of the twelve cases who died during the year and were not notified, two were resident in Mental Hospitals, and three (all children) died of meningitis. Of the remaining seven, three had probably been notified in other counties, one died in a General Hospital, and in three others the diagnosis appeared doubtful. In one of these cases the Tuber¬ culosis Officer had seen the patient prior to death, and disagreed that it was a case of tuberculosis. The ratio of non-notified deaths to total tuberculosis deaths is one to eleven. Enquiry is made in all cases of tuberculosis not notified before death, as to the reason for non¬ notification. The figure for non-notified deaths this year shows a gratifying decrease over that for previous years. Notifications. Table II shows the average annual number of cases of pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuber¬ culosis occurring during the five five-yearly periods 1913-1937. For reference purposes the number of notifications for the year 1937 is also given. Table 11. Period. Total. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. 1913-1917 469 359 110 1918-1922 398 310 88 1923-1927 430 282 148 1928-1932 365 242 123 1933-1937 312 214 98 1937 (included in 1933-1937 above). 317 218 99 Deaths. Table III shows the average annual number of deaths from pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis during the five five-yearly periods 1913-1937, and for reference purposes the number of deaths for the year 1937 is also given. Period. Table III. Total. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary 1913-1917 271 202 69 1918-1922 265 209 56 1923-1927 218 166 52 1928-1932 183 145 38 1933-1937 151 119 32 1937 (included in 1933-1937 above). 135 106 29