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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

Carshalton 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Tuberculosis.
The new cases admitted to the tuberculosis register during the
year numbered 145, classified as follows:—
Males Females
Pulmonary 70 Pulmonary 56
Non-pulmonary 10 Non-pulmonary 9
Of the total additions, 101 were primary notifications, 38 were
transferred from other districts, and six came to notice in other ways.
For the same period, 97 names were removed from the register for
the following reasons:—
Recovered 14
Death 21
Otherwise (including removals) 62
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1950, was as shown in the following
table:—

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. C ases on R egister at 31 st D ecember , 1950.

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. C ases on R egister at 31 st D ecember , 1950.

Ward.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.TotalIncidence per 1,000 population.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
St. Helier North6980141117420.1
St. Ilelier South5962181115021.3
St. Helier West655310913716.3
North-East525712812913.7
North-West372823709.6
Central3123726310.4
South-East283066709.0
South-West251836527.8
Totals366351725684513.8
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The total of 845 is 48 more than at the corresponding date twelve
months earlier.
The number of patients from Carshalton who received institutional
treatment under the arrangements of the South-West Metropolitan
Hospital Board during the year was as follows:—
At Milford Sanatorium, Surrey 48
At other tuberculosis institutions 117
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