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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
The new cases admitted to the tuberculosis register during the year
numbered 132, classified as follows:—
Males— Females—
Pulmonary 57 Pulmonary 36
Non-pulmonary 19 Non-pulmonary 20
Of the total additions 85 were primary notifications, 38 were
transferred from other districts and 9 came to notice in other ways.
For the same period 153 names were removed from the register
for the following reasons:—
Recovered 30
Deaths 49
Withdrawn notifications 1
Otherwise (including removals) 73
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1939, was as shown in the following
table:-
TABLE 26.
TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER at DECEMBER 31st, 1939.
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | All Forms. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 212 | 71 | 283 |
| Females | 167 | 52 | 219 |
| Totals | 379 | 123 | 502 |
The total of 502 is 21 less than at the corresponding date 12 months
earlier. They were distributed by Wards as follows:—
TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1939.
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Males | Females | ||
| St. Helier North | 45 | 43 | 18 | 9 | 115 |
| St. Helier South | 43 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 93 |
| St. Helier West | 42 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 98 |
| North East | 24 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 52 |
| North West | 16 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 53 |
| Central | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| South East | 20 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 41 |
| South West | 13 | 12 | 1 | — | 26 |
| Totals | 212 | 167 | 71 | 52 | 502 |
| 379 | 123 | ||||