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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

Orpington 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS.The following Table shows the number of new cases of Tuberculosis notified, together with the number of deaths registered:—

TUBERCULOSIS.

The following Table shows the number of new cases of Tuberculosis notified, together with the number of deaths registered:—

Notified.Deaths.
Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary353166131023
Non-Pulmonary10919415
Total454085171128

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Treatment for cases of Tuberculosis is undertaken by the
Kent County Council, and during the year the following
number of patients have been treated:
Number receiving sanatorium treatment 28
Number receiving dispensary treatment 13
Dispensary supervision only 148
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 (Section 176).
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
No action under the above was required to be taken during
the year.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The District is served by the West Kent Joint Isolation
Hospital, and the following number of patients from this District
were admitted there during the year:
Scarlet Fever 50
Diphtheria 65
Typhoid and Paratyphoid 2
Cerebro-spinal Fever 5
Measles 9