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Bromley 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Recordings in the Register for the year ended 31st December, 1951, are as under: —
| Respiratory. | Other Forms. | Total No. of Cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| On Register at 1.1.51 | 357 | 299 | 51 | 57 | 764 |
| New cases notified during 1951 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 67 |
| Number of cases coming to knowledge after death | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Restored to Register | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Inward Transfers | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 403 | 341 | 55 | 59 | 858 | |
| Deletions—deaths, removals, recoveries etc. | 30 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 59 |
| No. of cases on Register at 31.12.51 | 373 | 319 | 50 | 57 | 799 |
Full details of the new cases and mortality during the year are
shown in Table VIII of the Appendix.
The number of new cases notified during the year showed a
decrease of one over the corresponding figure for 1950. There were
fifty-nine deletions from the Register as against thirty-two for the
year 1950.
MASS X-RAY SURVEY.
A South East London Mass X-Ray Unit visited the Borough
from 4th luly to 30th July, 1951, when a total of 6,970 people attended
the unit.
Two hundred and eighteen people were recalled for large films,
of whom 185 showed abnormality. The following is an analysis of
174 of these cases: —
Probably significant new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 46
Probably significant Non-Tuberculosis 8
Previously known Tuberculosis cases 13
Cardiac vascular disease 30
Abnormalities requiring no action .. 77
The age groups affected in the 46 cases are as under: —
14/16 5
17/24 5
25/34 14
35/44 11
45/59 9
6o and over. 2