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Merton and Morden 1939

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

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TUBERCULOSIS.
One hundred and thirty new cases were added to the register
of tuberculous persons compared with 148 in the year before.

Table: These additions were:—

These additions were:—

Males.Females.Total
Pulmonary6046106
Non-Pulmonary131124
7357130

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Of these 130, 91 were primary notifications, 31 were transferred
from other districts and 8 came to notice in other ways.
During the year, 148 persons were removed from the
Register for the following reasons:
Recovered 39
Removal from the district 60
Death 49
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the number
remaining on the Register at the 31st December, 1939, was 540,
distributed as shown in the following table which also gives the
incidence of registered tuberculosis at mid-year:—

Table: TABLE XXXIII.TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER AT 31st DECEMBER, 1939.AND REGISTERED NUMBER OP TUBERCULOUS PERSONS PER 1,000 POPULATION AT MID-YEAR.

TABLE XXXIII.

TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER AT 31st DECEMBER, 1939.

AND REGISTERED NUMBER OP TUBERCULOUS PERSONS PER 1,000 POPULATION AT MID-YEAR.

Wards.Registered at December 31st.At Mid-Year.
Pulmonary.Non. Pulmonary.Total.Number on Register.N umber on Register per 1,000 population.
Abbey31738366.9
Bushey Mead51960648.0
Central28836353.4
Morden43346444.4
Park52860585.7
Ravensbury6626929912.9
Raynes Park37340415.6
St. Helier1002412413911.3
West Barnes341044446.4
Whole district442985405607.2

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The total at December 31st was 18 less than at the
corresponding date in 1938.
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