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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
Kingston upon Thames 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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The following tables show the work undertaken by the chest clinic at the Kingston Hospital during the period 1st April to 31st December 1965 insofar as it affects patients resident in the borough:
| Number of chest clinic sessions held | 315 | |
| Number of attendances: New Patients | 486 | |
| Old Patients | 2,980 | |
| Total | 3,466 | |
| Average attendances per session | 11 | |
Tuberculin Tests and B.C.G.Vaccinations
| Contacts | School Children and Students | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin tested | 101 | 10 | 31 |
| Found positive | 28 | 5 | 15 |
| Found negative | 62 | 4 | 13 |
| Failing to return | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| Vaccinated | 58 | 3 | 8 |
There were 2 pulmonary and 1 non-pulmonary deaths during the
year. The non-pulmonary case was not known to the department and
was not notified posthumously. It therefore had no effect on the
final position of the register.
The following table shows comparative figures of notified cases and deaths for the years 1961 - 1965 inclusive:
| Year | Cases Notified | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Total | Respiratory | Non-Res-piratocry | Total | |
| 1961 | 59 | 8 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 1962 | 62 | 2 | 64 | 6 | - | 6 |
| 1963 | 54 | 8 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 1964 | 44 | 8 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 1965 | 32 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 |