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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
Carshalton 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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T uberculosis. New cases and mortality in 1925:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 25 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 35 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 65 above | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
The three deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis represent an annual
death-rate of 0.50 per 1,000 of the population, as against an average
rate of 0.66 for the ten years, 1916 to 1925.
The following Table shows the mean population, the number of cases notified, and the number of deaths from certain infectious diseases in each quinquennium during the period from 1876 to 1925:—
| Period. | Mean Population. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | ||
| 1876— | 3210 | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 1881— | 3710 | 62 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 1886— | 4110 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 1891— | 4400 | 44 | 30 | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 1896— | 4600 | 144 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| 1901— | 4880 | 126 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 1906— | 5270 | 86 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 9 | — | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 1911— | 5510 | 67 | 16 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 1916— | 5230 | 42 | 82 | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 1921— | 6880 | 37 | 8 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
Notification of infectious disease was voluntary until 1889, and
the figures representing the number of cases up to that year are,
therefore, incomplete.