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of the work. Institutional treatment was provided for 83
persons in 1949 from Merton and Morden, as follows :—
At the County Sanatorium, Milford 15
At other Institutions 68
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Many of us have been apprehensive of the effect of the
present housing conditions on the incidence of tuberculosis.
An additional table has therefore been prepared this year which
shows in comparision the numbers of new cases for the past
10 years. The primary infections are all cases occurring in the
district. The total cases include T.B. cases which have moved
into the district and are added to our registers.
It will be seen that the number of new cases arising within
the district this year, although higher than last year, is in fact
just below the average.

The deaths from Tuberculosis during the year number 30,
of which 24 were due to pulmonary and 6 to non-pulmonarv
disease. Seven of the deaths were in unnotified casess.
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