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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
Sutton and Cheam 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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The following table shows the new cases and deaths In age groups.
| AGE PERIODS | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 15 | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | 7 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 35 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 55 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | . - |
| 65 and above | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 41 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Notification of Tuberculosis
Respiratory forms of death - All seventeen cases were notified
Other forms of death - Neither case was notified.
MASS RADIOGRAPHY
A mass radiography unit visited the Borough from 25th
August to 12th September 1952.
A total of three thousand nine hundred and sixty four
persons attended for examination. The final results were as
follows.
Total No., of cases of No of cases of Non-Tuberculous
X-Rayed active Pulmonary arrested Pulmonary abnormalities
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis
Males 1463 2 77 74
Females 2501 6 82 73
Total 3964 8 159 147
Incidence
per 1,000
examined 2.0 40.1 37.0
The Incidence of 2.0 cases per thousand examined lies within
the range of expectation for random samples of the population,
and compares with an average for the County of 2.1. The finding
of other abnormalities of the chest gives an opportunity for
early advice and treatment. The visits of the unit are valuable
In stimulating public Interest In the use of modern scientific
advances for the preservation of health. It Is notable that the
attendances of women outnumbered those of the men by nearly two
to one. It Is hoped that the example and Influence of mothers
and wives will encourage a larger attendance of adolescent and
adult male members of the community.
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