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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 1953
[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 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 12 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 25 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 35 | 8 | 10 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 45 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 55 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 65 and above | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 42 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | - |
Notification of Tuberculosis
Respiratory forms of death - Ten out of eleven cases were notified
Other forms of death - One out of three cases was notified
MASS RADIOGRAPHY
A total of five thousand six hundred and sixty eight persons attended for examination. The final results were as follows.
| Total x — Rayed | No. of cases of active Pulmonary Tuberculosis | No. of cases of arrested Pulmonary a Tuberculosis | Non-Tuberculous abnormalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 2115 | 2 | 75 | 76 |
| Females | 3553 | 7 | 115 | 70 |
| Total | 5668 | 9 | 190 | 146 |
| Incidence per 1,000 examined | - | 1.6 | 33.5 | 25.8 |
The incidence of 1.6 per thousand persons examined in the
Borough compares with 2,0 per thousand in 1952, The average
incidence in the County in 1953 was 1,7 per thousand persons
examined compared with 2o 1 in 1952. The figures suggest a
tendency to decline in the number of undetected cases of active
Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the community. A reduction in the
number of notified cases would provide confirmation, but this is
not yet evident The need for continuing the search for early
cases of Tuberculosis is obvious and there is great advantage in
finding other abnormalities of the chest which will respond to
early advice and treatments Mass Radiography is making a valuable
contribution in the reduction of Tuberculosis
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