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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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therapy. The services of members of the Committee are highly
appreciated. The Hon Secretary Is County Alderman Mrs. Margaret
Walkden. J. P.. 90. All Saints Road. Sutton.
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 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 35 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 45 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 55 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 and above | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 31 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Notification of Tuberculosis
Respiratory forms of death - Three out of three cases were notified.
Other forms of death - One out of one case was notified.
MASS RADIOGRAPHY
A Mass Radiography Unit, visited the Borough from 27th June
1955 to 22nd July 1955 and was stationed at the Public Hall.
Four thousand eight hundred and seventy seven persons were
examined. The results were as follows •
Tbtal Examined
M. F. T.
2139 2738 4877
No. of cases
of active
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
M. F.
No. of cases
of Inactive
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
M. F.
116
95
Non Tuberculous
abnormalities
M. F.
62 53
The Incidence of active Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 0 25 per
thousand persons examined The average Incidence In the County
of Surrey In 1955 was 0.98 per thousand persons examined. It Is
estimated that sixty per cent of the examinations made were of
people who had previously visited Mass Radiography, The Incidence
In primary examinations Is at least double that among people
previously examined Greater use of the service should be made
by those who have not yet accepted the opportunity for examination
of the chest. The success of continued and Intensified search
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