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Mitcham 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to the total
tuberculosis deaths is as follows:—
Non-notified tuberculosis deaths 10
Notified tuberculosis deaths 31
Percentage of non-notified T.B. deaths
(all forms) 24 per cent.
Percentage of non-notified pulmonary
T.B. deaths 14 per cent.
Treatment for cases of tuberculosis is under the control of the
Surrey County Council.
A dispensary has been established at Western Road, Mitcham.
Arrangements have been made by this Borough for the examination
of sputa from cases or suspected cases of tuberculosis, and during
the year 163 such examinations have been made.
Report Presented to Public Health Committee on
Home Conditions of Tuberculosis Patients.
To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Acting on your instructions given to me at the last Committee
meeting I have prepared the following report on the home conditions
of patients suffering from tuberculosis who are living in this
Borough.
The number of cases on the register at the end of the last
September quarter is set out below, together with the number for
the corresponding quarter in 1934.

Number of cases on register at quarter ending September 30, 1 935:—

Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary193203396
Non-Pulmonary7868146

Number of cases on register at quarter ending September 30, 1934:—

Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary194185379
Non-Pulmonary7664140