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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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The following tables show the work undertaken by the Chest
Clinic at Kingston Hospital during 1970 insofar as it affects patients
resident in the borough:
Number of chest clinic sessions held 405
Number of attendances:
New patients 941
Old patients 4068 5009
Average attendances per session 12
Tuberculin Tests and BCG Vaccinations
| Contacts | School children and students | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin tested | 235 | 20 | 47 |
| Found positive | 41 | 15 | 32 |
| Found negative | 160 | 7 | 16 |
| Vaccinated | 59 | 8 | 3 |
There were two deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis and one from non-pulmonary tuberculosis during the year. The following table shows comparative figures of notified cases and deaths for the year 1961-1970 inclusive:
| Year | Cases Notified | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-res-piratory | Total | Respiratory | Non-res-piratory | 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 | 10 | |
| 1965 | 32 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1966 | 27 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1967 | 46 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1968 | 35 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1969 | 31 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 1970 | 29 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 |