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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
Merton 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Domiciliary Visiting
Home visiting continues to be an important part of the work of
Tuberculosis Health Visitors. The number of tuberculosis households
visited during the year was 547.
Details of domiciliary visiting by Health Visitors are given
below:—
Visits in connection with old cases 927
Visits in connection with new cases 41
Visits in connection with contacts 1ll
Total 1,079
B.C.G. Vaccination
During the year B.C.G. inoculation of school children in the
thirteen-year-old age group was carried out:—
Number of children skin tested 1,503
Number found negative 1,470
Number vaccinated with B.C.G. 1,469
No children with positive skin tests were known to be contacts
of notified cases of tuberculosis.
Thirty-three children with positive skin tests were X-rayed. No
case of active disease was found.
Incidence of Tuberculosis
Primary notifications of tuberculosis received during the year
were as follows:—
Males. Females.
Respiratory 19 19
Non-respiratory 3 3
The table below shows the state of the Tuberculosis Register at the beginning and end of the year:—
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | P | Non-P | |
| No. of cases on Register at 1.1.69 | 243 | 228 | 26 | 39 | 471 | 65 |
| Primary Notifications in 1969 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 6 |
| Inward transfers in 1969 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 |
| Totals | 252 | 30 | 42 | 522 | 72 | |
| Died during 1969 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 |
| Recovered during 1969 | 28 | 18 | — | 1 | 46 | 1 |
| Transferred out in 1969 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 6 |
| No. of cases on Register 31.12.69 | 219 | 219 | 28 | 36 | 438 | 64 |