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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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The following table shows the age-groups in which notifications and deaths occurred:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| I and under 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 5 and under 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 and under 15 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 and under 20 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 20 and under 25 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 1 | – |
| 25 and under 35 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 35 and under 45 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | – | – |
| 45 and under 55 | 4 | 5 | – | – | 5 | 4 | – | – |
| 55 and under 65 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| 65 and over | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Totals | 30 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
The new cases were distributed amongst the wards as follows:—
| Localisation. | Coulsdon East. | Coulsdon West. | Kenley. | Purley. | Sander-stead. | Selsdon and Farleigh. | Wood-cote. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | – |
| Non- pulmonary | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Totals | 10 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
In order to present a picture of the trend of this disease since the
formation of the District the following table has been prepared:—
Average Figures for the Quinquennial Periods 1915-1944. Annual Figures for 1945 and 1946.
| 1915-1919. | 1920-1924. | 1925-1929. | 1930-1934. | 1935-1939. | 1940-1944. | 1945. | 1946. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | ||||||||
| New cases notified | 23 | 21 | 20 | 38 | 31 | 40 | 44 | 38 |
| Case rate per 100,000 population | 132 | 98 | 71 | 94 | 58 | 79 | 82 | 63 |
| Deaths | 13 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 29 |
| Death rate per 100,000 population | 72 | 57 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 48 | 37 | 48 |
| Non-Pulmonary. New cases notified | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Case rate per 100,000 population | 13 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| Deaths | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Death rate per 100,000 population | 20 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 |