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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 1961
[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
| Respiratory | Other Forms. | Total No. of cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| On register at 1st January, 1961 | 161 | 327 | 24 | 30 | 742 |
| New cases notified during 1961 | 16 | 13 | 1 | — | 30 |
| No of cases coming to Knowledge after death | — | — | — | — | — |
| Restored to Register | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inward Transfers | 12 | 9 | — | — | 21 |
| 389 | 349 | 25 | 30 | 793 | |
| Deletions, deaths, removals. recoveries, etc. | 36 | 33 | — | — | 69 |
| 353 | 316 | 25 | 30 | 724 | |
Cases and Mortality, 1961.
New cases notified or otherwise revealed. (Not including Inward Transfers*).
| Groups. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Deaths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-24 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25-44 | 6 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 45-64 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| 65and over | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | 13 | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | — | |
| *Inward Transfers | 12 | 9 | — | — | ||||
| 28 | 22 | 1 | — | |||||
The number of new cases of tuberculosis notified during the year
30 and there were 3 deaths from this disease in 1961. The
number of deaths directly due to the disease has thus remained at
the very low level achieved last year.
The figures illustrate the present tendency for the illness to
affect males somewhat later in life than it does females, the male mortality
also being higher in this age group. It has been suggested that
this may be. at least in part, associated with smoking habits.