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Coulsdon and Purley 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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have arisen. Difficulty has, however, been experienced in obtaining
serum for the prevention of Measles.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year 30 new cases were notified, as compared with 35,
45 and 54 in the last three years.
The 30 cases comprised:—

The 30 cases comprised:—

Localisation.Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary171027
Non-Pulmonary213
Totals191130

The number of deaths registered as occurring from Tuberculosis
was 24, viz.:—

The number of deaths registered as occurring from Tuberculosis was 24, viz.:—

LocalisationMales.Females.Total
Pulmonary131023
Non-Pulmonary11
Totals141024

With regard to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, the number of new cases
notified in 1936 again fell as compared with the preceding year. The
case rate per 100,000 of population was 54, which compared very favourably
with the average rates of 115 for 1915-24, and 88 for 1925-34.
It is satisfactory to note a further fall this year in the number of
new cases of non-pulmonary Tuberculosis, viz.:—3 as compared with
5, 17 and 10 in the preceding three years. The incidence per 100,000
of population was very low, being 6, the average for the previous decades
being 15 and 18.
There was one more death from Pulmonary Tuberculosis than last
year, but the death rate from this disease remained the same, viz.:—
45 per 100,000 of population, as compared with the average death rates
of 72, 57, 36 and 38 for the four quinquennial periods 1915-34.
On the other hand, the number of deaths from non-pulmonary
Tuberculosis diminished in 1936, there being only 1 death, providing
a corresponding death rate of slightly less than 2 per 100,000 of population,
thus continuing the downward tendency of this rate which gave
averages of 20, 9, 7 and 8 in the quinquennial periods 1915-34.
The following Table shows the number of new cases of Tuberculosis
notified during the year, together with the deaths at various age periods:
21