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Merton and Morden 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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TUBERCULOSIS.

Table: . These additions were:—

. These additions were:—

Males.Females.Total
Pulmonary7053123
Non-Pulmonary91625
7969148

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Of these 148, 95 were primary notifications, 46 were transferred
from other districts and 7 came to notice in other ways.
During the year, 107 persons were removed from the
Register for the following reasons:—
Recovered 12
Removal from the district 41
Death 54
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the
number remaining on the Register at the 31st December, 1938,
was 558, distributed as shown in the following table which
also gives the incidence of registered tuberculosis at
mid-year:—

Table: TABLE XXXIV.TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER AT 31st DECEMBER, 1938. AND REGISTERED NUMBER OF TUBERCULOUS PERSONS PER 1,000 POPULATION AT MID-YEAR.

TABLE XXXIV.

TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER AT 31st DECEMBER, 1938. AND REGISTERED NUMBER OF TUBERCULOUS PERSONS PER 1,000 POPULATION AT MID-YEAR.

Wards.Registered at Decemb3r 31st.At Mid-Year.
Pulmonary.Non. Pulmonary.Total.Number on Register.Number on Register per 1,000 population.
Abbey.31536336.3
Bushey Mead551065607.7
Central23932252.6
Morden34640304.2
Park51859656.5
Ravensbury71331049212.0
Raynes Park35439395.4
St. Helier1153314813811.5
West Barnes26935345.0
Whole district4411175585167.0

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The total at December 31st was 41 more than at the
corresponding date in 1937.
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