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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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The following Table shows the age-periods at which the notifications and deaths occurred.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 and under 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |||
| 5 and under 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 10 and under 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 15 and under 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 20 and under 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 25 and under 35 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | ||
| 35 and under 45 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | |||
| 45 and under 55 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 55 and under 65 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | |||
| 65 and over | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | . - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 17 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
The new cases were distributed amongst the Wards as follows:—
| Localisation. | Coulsdon East | Coulsdon West | Kenley | Purley | Sander-stead | Selsdon & Farley | Wood-cote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 6 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Non- Pulmonary | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
While there was a slight increase in the new cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis, the case rate of 65 per 100,000 of population compares
very favourably with the average rates of 115 for 1915-24 and 88 for
1925-34. A similar tendency is exhibited in the non-pulmonary
tuberculosis case rate, which was 13 as compared with 15 and 18 in the
previous decades.
There were 2 fewer deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis than last
year, and the death rate fell to 39 per 100,000 of population, as compared
with 45 last year and averages of 72, 57, 36 and 38 for the four quinquennial
periods 1915-34.
Similarly as only 2 deaths occurred from the non-pulmonary forms
of this disease the corresponding death rate was slightly less than 4
per 100,000 of population compared with 20, 9, 7 and 8 in the quinquennial
periods.
Of the deaths which occurred from tuberculosis in 1937, 74 per cent.
were in previously notified cases. Of the remainder 3 were thought
to have been previously notified, 1 case was only confirmed after death,
1 case was notified in another district and not transferred, and in the
remaining case the doctor forgot to notify. The attention of medical
practitioners has been drawn to the necessity for early notification, and
all cases of failure to comply are followed up, appropriate action being
taken in each case.
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