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Orpington 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
The following Table shows the number of new cases
notified, together with the number of deaths registered: —
Notified.
deaths.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Pulmonary
37
25
62
11
10
21
Non-Pulmonary
16
8
24
1
2
3
Total
53
33
86
12
12
24
The Kent County Council carries out the treatment for
cases of Tuberculosis, and (luring the year the following
number of patients have received treatment from this
District: —
Number receiving sanatorium treatment 28
Number receiving dispensary treatment 24
Dispensary supervision only 182
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 West Kent Joint Isolation Hospital serves this District
and during the year the following number of cases have
been admitted: —
Scarlet Fever 171
Diphtheria 24
Typhoid Fever 1
Cerebro-spinal Fever 2
Measles 2