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Carshalton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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The Surrey County Council undertake the treatment of tuberculosis in this district. 125 persons from Carshalton received treatment in the following institutions during the year:—
| Surrey County Sanatorium, Milford | 29 |
| Other tuberculosis institutions | 96 |
| 125 |
The number of persons who died of tuberculosis was two fewer
at 37. The death rate was therefore, 0 63 per 1,000 of the population.
The deaths were distributed as to age and sex as
follows:—
TABLE 26.
DEATHS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS, 1937.
| Ages Years | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||
| 0 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| 1 | — | — | — | l | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | l | - | — | 2 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 6 | ||
| 25 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 12 | ||
| 35 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 8 | ||
| 45 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| 55 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| 65 | 1 | 3 | — | l | 5 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 37 | ||
The Council provides a free service for the examination of sputum
for tubercle bacilli. In the past year 69 specimens were examined
with a positive result in 8.
No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention of
Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, nor under Section 172 of the
Public Health Act, 1936.
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