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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
Sutton and Cheam 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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Tuberculosis 0.08 per 1,000 of population. The
total Tuberculosis death rate in 1938 was 0.57 per
1,000 of population, compared with 0.47 per 1,000
of population in 1936. The corresponding death
rates for England and Wales in 1938 were: Pulmonary,
0.53 per 1,000 of population; Nonpulmonary,
0.10 per 1,000 of population. Total rate,
0 63 per 1,000 of population.
The following Table shows new cases and deaths in age groups :—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | 12 | 6 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 35 | 13 | 4 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 55 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 & above | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 43 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
NOTIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Respiratory Forms of Death—30 out of 37 were notified.
Other Forms of Death—5 out of 6 were notified.
RAINFALL IN 1938.
| Sutton Sewage Farm | 18-93 | 143 | 90 |
| Worcester Park Sewage Farm | 19-79 | 148 | 95 |