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Sutton and Cheam 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| AGE PERIODS | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55 | 7 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 65 and | ||||||||
| above | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
Notification of Tuberculosis
Respiratory forms of death - Five out of five cases were notified.
MASS RADIOGRAPHY
A Mass Radiography Unit visited the Borough from 15th to
30th July 1957 and was stationed at the Public Hall, Sutton.
Seven thousand, eight hundred and twenty five persons were
examined. The results were as follows
Total Examined No. of cases of active Pulmonary Tuberculous No. of cases of inactive pulmonary Tuberculosis Non-Tuberculous abnormalities Cancer of the Lung
M. F. T. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
3570 4455 7825 5 1 112 114 148 124 4
The incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 0.8 per thousand
persons examined, compared with 1.2 per thousand in the area
served by this X-Ray unit, which includes the County of Surrey.
The findings are an index of infection in a sample of the
population. They show the value of Mass Radiography in securing
diagnosis and treatment.
The incidence of cancer of the lung in this survey was 0.5
per thousand persons examined. If related to males only, there
was incidence of 1.2 per thousand males examined.
The finding of non-tuberculous abnormalities gives an
opportunity for advice and treatment and the prevention of
disablement.
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