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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS
Notifications
The total number of new cases which came to the notice of
the Department during 1957 was 549 compared with 546 in 1956.
The sources of information regarding the 549 new cases were
as follows:
Primary notifications on Form A 272
Notifications from H.M. Forces 6
Unnotified at death 2
Transfers from other sanitary authorities 269
Total 549
Five hundred and forty-seven cases were added to the notification
register during the year and 178 cases who had removed, recovered or
died, were taken off. The number remaining on the register at the end
of the year was 5,423.
Deaths
The number of deaths certified as due to various forms of tuberculosis
was 36.
Particulars of the new cases and deaths during the year, classified by sexes and age-groups are given in the following table:
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
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