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Orpington 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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The number of new cases notified during the year showed a
decrease of two over the corresponding figure for 1952, and this in
spite of the increased facilities for diagnosis.
There were thirty-six deletions from the Register as against twenty-five for the previous year.
| Age Groups. | New cases notified or otherwise revealed. Not including Inward Transfers)*. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5—14 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15—44 | 20 | 20 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — |
| 45—64 | 10 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 65 and over | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 33 | 25 | — | 2 | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | |
| *Inward Transfers | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 42 | 39 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Mass Radiography.
The unit attended for public sessions at the Village Hall, High
Street, Orpington, from the 14th to the 28th July, 1953, when 4,318
persons attended. Of this total, eighteen were significant new cases
of Tuberculosis, which is equivalent to a rate of 4 per 1,000. This is a
reduced rate, compared with the previous survey in December, 1951,
when 1,954 persons attended and fourteen persons were discovered
to have Tuberculosis, a rate of 7 per 1,000.
This is a pleasing result and compares with similar reductions in
the rate in other local authorities.