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Coulsdon and Purley 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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vo mit contained numerous staphylococci (aureus) but no corresponding
infection of food stuffs could be demonstrated. In cases of this type,
not only is very early notification essential for diagnosis and preventive
measures, but it is most important to secure specimens from the patient
and of the suspected foods, containers, etc.
Tuberculosis.
The following table presents concisely the position with regard to tuberculosis in the District during 1949:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Number of cases on register, 1st January, 1949 | 196 | 145 | 30 | 43 | 226 | 188 |
| Additions, 1949:— | ||||||
| New cases notified | 32 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 29 |
| Cases removed into District | 3 | 6 | 3 | — | 6 | 6 |
| Restored to register | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Additions | 37 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 37 |
| Removals, 1949:— | ||||||
| Deaths | 22 | 19 | — | 2 | 22 | 21 |
| Removed from District | 16 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| Recovered | 4 | 3 | —. | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Non-tuberculous | — | — | — | — | _ | _ |
| Total Removed from Register | 42 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 54 |
| Number of cases on register, 1st January, 1950 | 191 | 135 | 30 | 36 | 221 | 171 |
The following table shows the agei-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 and under 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 and under 10 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 and under 15 | — | 1 | _— | 1 | _— | — | — | —_ |
| 15 and under 20 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | _ | — |
| 20 and under 25 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 25 and under 35 | 9 | 6 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| 35 and under 45 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | _ | 2 |
| 45 and under 55 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | _ | — |
| 55 and under 65 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 3. | — | — |
| Totals | 32 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | — | 2 |