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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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47
PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER CARE
Tuberculosis
The measures for the prevention, control and treatment of
tuberculosis are directed by the chest physicians and staff of the
Chest Clinic at Kingston Hospital.
During 1970, 33 cases were notified in the borough and of
these, 29 were pulmonary and 4 non-pulmonary.
The 29 pulmonary cases were in the undermentioned stages
of the disease:
A. or Tuberculosis - (sputum negative) 11
B.1 or Tuberculosis + (early cases, sputum
positive) 3
B.2 or Tuberculosis + (intermediate cases,
sputum positive) 12
B.3 or Tuberculosis + (advanced cases,
sputum positive) 3
The non-pulmonary cases were:
4 Tuberculous glands of neck
On 1st January 1970 there were 363 cases on the register and at the end of the year this figure had decreased to 339.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 173 | 14 | 187 | ||
| Females | 130 | 22 | 152 | ||
| Totals | 303 | 36 | 339 | ||
The foregoing figures show a decrease in the number of new
cases of tuberculosis and a reduction in the number of sufferers from
this disease at the end of the year.