[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Wednesbury Borough.

Wednesbury (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1925

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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Wednesbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Compared with the year 1924, the notifications of new cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis is slightly decreased, namely 41 as compared with 47. But the number of notifications of other Tubercular Diseases has increased, 24 as compared with 16 and the number of deaths from Tuberculosis has also increased from 48 to 63. TABLE XI. Deaths from Tuberculosis. Disease. 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 Average. Respiratory Tuber. 17 19.8 Males 16 27 14 25 Females 10 8 8 19 22 13.4 Total 26 35 22 36 47 33.2 Othzr Tubercular Diseases Males 12 10 14 7 11 10.8 Females 10 4 7 5 5 6.2 T otal ... ... 22 14 21 12 16 17.0 Grand Total ... 48 49 43 48 63 50.2 Table V shows the mortality from Tuberculosis per 1,000 of the population compared with the surrounding districts. A gratifying feature is the lessened number of notifications of new cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis as compared with last year but excepting for slight yearly fluctuations the figure for Tuberculosis -generally in the Borough appears to be constant. In my opinion if further reductions in the number of cases of Tuberculosis are to be hoped for, the Public must realize that fresh air is not only harmless but it is actually beneficial. It is very exceptional indeed to visit a house in which the existing facilities for obtaining fresh air are utilized to anything like their full capacity and generally the windows, especially of bedrooms are hermetically sealed. The Policy of the Council in the erection of new houses, in addition to the number of Corporation houses already built will also, in my opinion, tend to alleviate the factor of 1 uberculosis by lessening over-crowding in the Borough.