London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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No action was necessary during the year under the Public
Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations 1925, or Section 172
of the Public Health Act 1936. These regulations respectively relate
to the restriction of tuberculosis sufferers from employment in the
handling of milk and the compulsory removal to hospital in certain
circumstances of persons suffering from tuberculosis.
The following table gives an analysis by age groups of the new cases and deaths from tuberculosis during the year.
| Category | New Cases | Deaths | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male - Female | Under 1 year | 1-4 years | 5 - 14 years | 15-24 years | 25 - 34 years | 35 - 44 years | 45-54 years | 55-64 years | 65 and over | TOTAL | Under 1 year | 1-4 years | 5-14 years | 15-24 years | 25 - 34 years | 35 - 44 years | 45 - 54 years | 55-64 years | 65 and over | TOTAL | |
| Respiratory | M | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis | F | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
| T | – | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | |
| Non-Respiratory | M | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | l | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis | F | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| T | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Mass Radiography
The following is a summary of the work of the Mass Radiography Units in the borough:
| Total persons X-rayed | 4,709 |
| Cases found to be suffering from tuberculosis | 4 (all males) |
| Cases found to be suffering from lung cancer | 12 (9 males and 3 females) |