London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Orpington 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
This page requires JavaScript
44.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY. 1964
New cases notified or otherwise revealed (Not including Inward Transfers*) Deaths
| Age Groups | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 - 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 - 24 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-44 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 45-64 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 65 and over | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Age Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| *Inward Transfers | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 4 | 9 | - | - | |||||
| l6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |||||
The number of new cases of tuberculosis notified during the year was
22 and there were 4- deaths from this disease in 1964-.
CHEST CLINIC
Dr. D.G. Madigan, Physician in charge, has kindly furnished the
following details for the year 1964:-
Adults
Children under 15
M.
F.
M.
F.
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis:
11
10
1
-
Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
1
4
-
-
Non-
Tuberculous
66
55
27
22
New Contacts examined during 1964- (Not included in the above Table):
Negative: 149 Positive: Nil.
Number of Tuberculous patients who completed a course of Hospital treatment
during 1964: 29.
B.C.G. Vaccination of Contacts: 94.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1925.
Section 172. Public Health Act. 1936.
No action was taken by the Local Authority under these regulations in 1964.
MASS X-RAY
No full scale survey was carried out during the year.