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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The following table presents concisely the position with
regard to tuberculosis in the District during 1959:—
TABLE VII
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Number of cases on register | 266 | 181 | 18 | 20 | 284 | 201 |
| Additions:— | ||||||
| New cases notified | 19 | 7 | — | 2 | 19 | 9 |
| Cases removed into district | 23 | 18 | — | 2 | 23 | 20 |
| Restored | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Total Additions | 43 | 27 | — | 4 | 43 | 31 |
| Removals:— | ||||||
| Deaths from T.B. | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Removed from district | 37 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 45 |
| Recovered | 27 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 |
| Non T.B. | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Total Removed from Register | 73 | 50 | 7 | 12 | 80 | 62 |
| Number of cases on register, 1st January, 1960 | 236 | 158 | 11 | 12 | 247 | 170 |
The following table shows the age groups in which notifications
and deaths occurred :—
TABLE VIII
| 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 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 and under 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 and under 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 and under 20 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 and under 25 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25 and under 35 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 35 and under 45 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 45 and under 55 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 55 and under 65 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 65 and over | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 19 | 7 | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 |