[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Oldham County Borough.
- Oldham (England). County Borough Council. nb2004302054.
- Date:
- 1942
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Oldham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Deaths. The number of deaths registered, 61 (52 pulmonary and 9 non- pulmonary), and the rate per thousand of the population, -53 (-45 pul¬ monary), -08 non-pulmonary), are the lowest ever recorded for the Borough, and compare with 71 deaths (62 pulmonary and 9 non- pulmonary) and a rate of -61 per thousand (-53 pulmonary, *08 non- pulmonary) for 1941. The previous lowest rate occurred in 1936 when 74 deaths were registered, giving a rate of -56 per thousand. The Dispensary Register, The total number of accepted cases on the Register on the 31st December, -1942, was 608. Of these, 209 were cases in which tubercle bacilli had been found in the sputum at some period of the illness. ! Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Male Fern. Total Male Fein. Total Male Fern. Total No. on Register on 31/12/41 . 182 160 342 120 Ill 231 302 271 573 Cases previously removed, returning during 1942 o 3 6 1 1 3 4 7 New cases placed on Register during 1942 59 34 93 23 27 50 82 61 143 (Trans, from Non. Pulm.) 1 1 2 1 1 2 Cases removed during 1942 36 39 75 20 20 40 56 59 115 (Trans, to pulmonary) ... 1 1 2 1 1 2 No. on Register on 31/12/42 . 209 159 368 122 118 240 331 277 608 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. During the year 115 patients were removed for the following reasons: Recovery ... Removal out Not desiring further treatment Loss sight of Diagnosis not confirmed ... Death 25 or 22% of total removals. 14] ~4 j 14 3 - 29% of total removals. 2 J 57 or 49% of total removals. Of the 25 recovered cases 3 were pulmonary, all sputum negative. Of the 57 deaths, 50 were pulmonary cases, classified as follows:- T.B. Minus 5, or 10%; T.B. Plus 11, 39 or 78%; T.B. Plus 111, 6 or 12%. Cases not formally notified. These numbered 19, 15 being pulmonary and 4 non-pulmonary. Of these, 10 were live transfers from other areas; 5 were notified posthumously; 3 came to notice through the local Registrar and 1 through the Registrar-General.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29937152_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
