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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Tuberculosis.
The following is a copy of the recordings in the register at 31st December, 1959:—
| Respiratory. | Other Forms. | Total No. of cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| On register at 1st Jan., 1959 | 507 | 452 | 71 | 79 | 1,109 |
| New cases notified during 1959 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 42 |
| Number of cases coming to knowledge after death | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Restored to register | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Inward Transfers | 19 | 25 | 1 | — | 45 |
| 549 | 491 | 73 | 85 | 1,198 | |
| Deletions, deaths, removals, recoveries, etc. | 64 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 136 |
| 485 | 431 | 64 | 82 | 1,062 | |
New Cases and Mortality, 1959.
| Age Groups | New Cases notified or otherwise revealed. (Not including Inward Transfers)* | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5-14 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15-24 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25-44 | 6 | 8 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 45-64 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Age unknown | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | — | |
| *Inward Transfers | 19 | 25 | 1 | — | ||||
| 40 | 39 | 2 | 6 | |||||
The number of new cases of tuberculosis notified during the
year was 42, and there were four deaths from this disease in 1959.
This maintains the low level of new cases noted last year and is
a further indication of the progress being made in the control of this
disease.
Chest Clinic.
Dr. D. G. Madigan, Physician in Charge, has kindly furnished
the following details:—