Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1960:—
TABLE VII
Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Number of cases on register | 236 | 158 | 11 | 12 | 247 | 170 |
Additions:— | ||||||
New cases notified | 25 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15 |
Cases removed into district | 25 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 16 | |
Restored | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | |
Total Additions | 50 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 34 |
Removals:— | ||||||
Deaths from T.B. | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||
Other causes | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Removed from district | 26 | 22 | 1 | — | 27 | 22 |
Recovered | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8 |
Non T.B | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total Removed from Register | 54 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 33 |
Number of cases on register, 1st January, 1961 | 232 | 158 | 9 | 13 | 281 | 171 |
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. | |||||
Under 1 year | ||||||||
1 and under 5 | — | 2 | ||||||
5 and under 10 | — | 1 | — | |||||
10 and under 15 | ||||||||
15 and under 20 | 1 | |||||||
20 and under 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
25 and under 35 | 7 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
35 and under 45 | 5 | |||||||
45 and under 55 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 and under 65 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
65 and over | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | ||||
Totals | 25 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |