[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTIFICATION OF1 PHTHISIS, The Public Health] (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1911, came into force on 1st January, 1912. These regulations!, which are supplementary to those issued in 1908 requiring the notification, of poor law cases and to those issued] in 1911 requiring the notification of hospital cases, require the notification of all other cases of pulmonary tuberculosis coming under the observation of medical practitioners. This year is therefore the first in which all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis have been com¬ pulsorily notifiable. Since 1899 there ha.si been, a voluntary system of notification; of phthisis in the City, and up to 1911 some 505 cases had been notified, or an average of about 42 per annum. During 1912 under the compulsory system), 1101 cases were notified. Of these 80' were notified under the1 General Order, 6 under the Hospital Order, and 24 under the Poor Law Order. The following is a brief summary of the information received with regard to the 110' cases:—• O 1. Sex. 58 males and 52 females. 2. Ages. Under 1 year ... 2 25—'45 years ... ... 45 1—5 years 2 45—65 ,, ... ... 17 5—15 ,, . 20 Over 65 years ... ... 2 15—25 ,, 22 3. Occupations. The occupations of the! 58 males were ais follows:—• Labourer ... 8 Lamplighter 1 Teanier 3 Asylum Attendant 1 Coal Miner 4 Teacher 1 Blacksmith 2 Overlooker 1 Mechanic ... 2 Brewery Labourer 1 Iron Planer ... . 1 Iron Driller 1 Shopkeeper 1 Book Publisher ... 1 Commercial Traveller 1 Motor Car Driver 1 Wire Drawer 1 Boiler1 Maker 1 Farm, Labourer ... 1 Glass Bottle Blower 1 Telegraph Operator 1 Milk Dealer 1 Corporation Labourer 1 Joiner 1 Fish Hawker 1 Cab Driver 1 Bricklayer’s Labourer .. 1 No occupation ... 1 Road Foreman 1 Occupation unknown 1 Maltster’s Labourer 1 Children of Labourers 6 Insurance Agent ... 1 Children of Coal Miners ... 2 Basket Maker 1 Child of Signalman 1 .Sack Mender ... . .. 1 Child of Store Keeper ... 1