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Wandsworth 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1952
STAFF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
At the request of the Committees and Chief Officers concerned,
arrangements were made during the year for 17 members of the
Council's staff to undergo special medical examinations. In the
majority of cases the purpose of the examination was to determine
the employee's future fitness for his occupation, following serious
illness, and in eight cases it was found necessary to recommend
superannuation.
Thirty-seven shorter reports on members of the staff who were
sick were obtained from doctors and hospitals at the request of the
departments concerned.
TUBERCULOSIS
Notifications
The total number of new cases which came to the notice of the
Department during 1952 was 666 compared with 716 in 1951.
The sources of information regarding the 666 new cases were as follows:—
| Primary notifications on Form A | 423 |
| Notifications from H.M. Forces | 6 |
| Unnotified at death | 22 |
| Transfers from other sanitary authorities | 215 |
| Total | 666 |
Deaths
The number of deaths certified as due to diseases of a tuberculous
nature was 95.
Particulars of the new cases and deaths during the year, classified
by sexes and age groups are given in the following table:—
TABLE VI.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1-2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 2-5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 5-10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 10-15 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 15-25 | 70 | 86 | 5 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| 25-45 | 128 | 139 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 15 | – | – |
| 45-65 | 76 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | – | 2 |
| Totals | 317 | 289 | 33 | 27 | 58 | 29 | 4 | 4 |