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Carshalton 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: Tuberculosis.The new cases admitted to the tuberculosis register during the year numbered 147, classified as follows:

Tuberculosis.

The new cases admitted to the tuberculosis register during the year numbered 147, classified as follows:

Males.Females.
Pulmonary66Pulmonary67
Non-pulmonary8Non-pulmonary6

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Of the total additions 89 were primary notifications, 58 were
transferred from other districts.
For the same period 106 names were removed from the register for
the following reasons:
Recovered 26
Deaths 28
Otherwise (including removals) 52
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1948, was as shown in the following
table :

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1948.

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1948.

Ward.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.TotalIncidence per 1,000 population.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
St. Helier North596912914916.6
St. Helier South5656121213619.1
St. Helier West5746121212715.0
North-East474810911412.1
North-West3731347510.2
Central27218569.18
South-East262566638.45
South-West291533507.44
Totals338311665577012. 3
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The total of 770 is 41 more than at the corresponding date twelve
months earlier.
The Surrey County Council was responsible for the anti-tuberculosis
scheme in the area until 5th July, when under the National Health
Service Act, the curative aspects of the service were transferred to the
South-west Metropolitan Hospital Board. The number of patients
from Carshalton, who received institutional treatment under these
arrangements during the year was as follows
At Surrey County Sanatorium, Milford 35
At other tuberculosis institutions 115
150
64