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Chelsea 1958
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1958
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TUBERCULOSIS
73 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were notifed during the year.
These were made up of 41 primary notifications, 23 "inward transfers",
and 9 from other sources. There were also 9 non-pulmonary cases of
which 7 were primary notifications, 1 from "inward transfers", and
one from Death Returns. The accompanying tables present details of
cases at present on the Tuberculosis Register.
VARIATIONS IN REGISTER DURING 1958.
| PULM0NARY | NON-PULMONARY | TOTAL CASES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| (a) Number of cases remaining on register at 1st January, 1958 | 216 | 181 | 13 | 31 | 441 |
| (b) Number of new cases notified | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 52 |
| (c) Number of cases restored to register | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| (d) Inward Transfers | 8 | 1 | - | 24 | |
| Removals | |||||
| (e) Outward Transfers | 38 | 24 | - | 2 | 64 |
| (f) Cases recovered | 2 | 4 | - | - | 6 |
| (g) Cases gone abroad | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 |
| (h) Cases lost sight of | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 10 |
| (i) Deaths | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| (j) Cases remaining on the Register at 1st December, 1958 | 211 | 173 | 16 | 31 | 431 |