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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
Richmond upon Thames 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| 35 | 8 | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... |
| 45 | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| 55 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 31 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
AFTER CARE.
The Barnes and Richmond Tuberculosis Care Committee
continued to play a most important part in the Surrey County
Council Scheme for the "care and after-care" of tuberculosis
patients.
This voluntary Committee spent over £500 in this work during
the year although financial help from the County Council amounted
to only £25. The Committee have been strengthened during the
year by the addition of representatives of various official bodies concerned
with helping the tuberculous.
The aim of the Committee is to supplement where necessary
the Surrey County Council Treatment Allowances Scheme to enable
patients to carry out the recommended treatment with a minimum
of financial worry.
Forty-eight families have been given help in Richmond, in cash
or kind, during the year. In addition many families have been
referred to other agencies for help; and recommendations for free
milk, paid for by the Surrey County Council, pass through the
Care Committee.