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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wimbledon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Careful investigation is carried out after each case of
diphtheria has been notified. School children from infected
houses are swabbed and not re-admitted to school until a
negative result has been obtained. These swabs are cither
taken by the family doctor or by the staff of the Public
Health Department, according to the circumstances of the
case. Adult contacts living in the same house arc also
advised to have swabs taken from the nose and throat and
in most cases they agree to this precaution being carried out.

Table: Tuberculosis. — The following table shows the number of new eases notified during the year, and the number of deaths from this disease.

Tuberculosis. — The following table shows the number of new eases notified during the year, and the number of deaths from this disease.

AGE GROUPSNEW CASES.DEATHS.
Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.MalesFemales.
Under 1 year......1...............
1—5......2...1.........
5 — 101...22............
10 — 151.....................
15 — 204411...1......
20 — 255102...27......
25 — 351411......852...
35 — 45 „151...74......
45 — 55521...72......
55 — 652.........6.........
65 upwards11.........1......
Totals343310331202...
6713512
8053

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Eighty cases. of tuberculosis were notified. This figure
shows an increase of nineteen over the number for the
previous year.
The deaths from tuberculosis were twelve more than in
1930, the total figure being fifty-three.
Of the fifty-one deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis,
thirty-two died outside the district (21 males and 11 females),
i.e., the notifications of death were transferred to Wimbledon.
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