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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 1964
[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 1964.
TABLE VI
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Number of cases on register | 186 | 122 | 8 | 12 | 194 | 134 |
| Additions | ||||||
| New cases notified | 4 | 5 | — | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Cases removed into district | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Restored | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Total Added to Register | 12 | 11 | — | 4 | 12 | 15 |
| Removals:— | ||||||
| Deaths from T.B. | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Other causes | 8 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 3 |
| Removed from district | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Recovered | 18 | 20 | 1 | — | 19 | 20 |
| Reclassification | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Non T.B | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Total Removed from Register | 35 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 36 |
| Number of cases on register, 1st January, 1965 | 163 | 99 | 6 | 14 | 169 | 113 |
The following table shows the age groups in which notifications and deaths occurred:—
TABLE VII
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 and under 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 and under 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 and under 20 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 and under 25 . . | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 and under 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 35 and under 45 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 45 and under 55 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| 55 and under 65 . . | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | |
| 65 and over | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 4 | 5 | — | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |