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Wimbledon 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year 84 new cases were added to the register of tuberculous
persons compared with 74 in 1954, and 106 in 1953.
Of the 84 additions, 40 were primary notifications and 44 were
transferred from other areas.
An analysis of the notifications received is given overleaf.
One hundred and seventy-five cases were removed from the register for the following reasons:-
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Deaths from tuberculosis | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Deaths of patients suffering from tuberculosis through other causes | ||||
| Recovered cases | 24 | 37 | 4 | 3 |
| Removals from district | 49 | 39 | 3 | 8 |
| 78 | 79 | 7 | 11 | |
The figure of 8 deaths from all forms of tuberculosis represents
a death rate, per 1,000 of population, of 0.14 compared with 0 07 for
1954 when the lowest figure ever, was recorded. The rate for England
and Wales for 1955 was 015.
The death rate for this disease has continued to fall over a number
of years both locally and nationally. The detection of the disease in an
early stage by the increasing use of mass radiography has been an
important factor in producing this result.
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