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Orpington 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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During the year, 429 International Certificates of Vaccination
were stamped by the department and the doctor's signature
authenticated.
The County Medical Officer informs me that a total of 1,080
residents in the Urban District received primary vaccination and
183 re-vaccination during 1957.
The following is a copy of the recordings in the register as at 31st December, 1957 :—
| Respiratory. | Other Forms. | Total No. of cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| On Register at 1st Jan., 1957 | 467 | 397 | 71 | 72 | 1,007 |
| New cases notified during 1957 | 31 | 24 | — | 2 | 57 |
| Number of cases coming to knowledge after death | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Restored to Register | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inv/ard Transfers | 35 | 34 | — | 2 | 71 |
| 535 | 456 | 71 | 76 | 1,138 | |
| Deletions—deaths, removals, recoveries, etc | 37 | 27 | 2 | — | 66 |
| 498 | 429 | 69 | 76 | 1,072 | |
| Age Groups | New Cases notified or otherwise revealed. (Not including Inward Transfers)* | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulm | onary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 | 2 | 1 | -_ | -_ | - | - | - | - |
| 5-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - | _ | _ | _ |
| 15-24 | 6 | 7 | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 25-44 | 12 | 8 | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ | - |
| 45-64 | 8 | 5 | __ | — | 2 | 1 | - | _ |
| 65 and over | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | - | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| 31 | 24 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | — | |
| * Inward Transfers | 35 | 34 | — | 2 | ||||
| 66 | 58 | — | 4 | |||||
Chest Clinic.
Dr. D. G. Madigan, Physician in Charge, has kindly furnished
the following details.
New cases attending the Chest Clinic for the first time during
1957 :—
Adults. Children.
M. F. M. F.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 46 37 1 —
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis — — — 1
Non-tuberculous 58 61 41 34