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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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The following table shows the new cases and deaths In age groups.
| Age Periods | New Cases Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary | Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 45 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 55 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 65 and | above | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Totals 31 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | - | - | ||
NOTIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS
Respiratory forms of death - Eight out of fourteen were
notified.
Other forms of death - None was notified
MASS RADIOGRAPHY
A Mass Radiography Unit of the South-West Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board visited the Public Hall, Sutton, from
28th August to 15th September, 1950,
Two thousand eight hundred and eighty eight persons attended for examination. The final results were as follows:-
| Males | Females | |
|---|---|---|
| Total X-Rayed | 1274 | 1614 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis, active | 6 | 5 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis, inactive | 42 | 50 |
| Abnormalities (non-Tuberculous) | 36 | 39 |
These figures show that approximately four persons per 1000
of population were found to have active pulmonary Tuberculosis,
The ratio is higher than in previous surveys, particularly for
males, but is within the expectation from random samples of the
population. Ninety-two cases were found with inactive Tuberculosis,
showing the frequency of spontaneous healing The finding of nonTuberculous
abnormalities of the heart and lungs gives opportunity
for early and appropriate treatment The finding of early
Tuberculosis of the lungs by mass radiography is contributing
towards a reduction of Tuberculous infection in the community,
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