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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 1944
[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 127 classified as follows : —
Males— Females—
Pulmonary 63 Pulmonary 44
Non-pulmonary 9 Non-pulmonary 11
Of the total additions 90 were primary notifications, 29 were
transferred from other districts and eight came to notice in other ways.
For the same period 84 names were removed from the register
for the following reasons : —
Recovered 4
Deaths 36
Otherwise (including removals) 44
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the register at the 31st December, 1944, was as shown in the following-table : —
TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.
Cases on Register at 31st December, 1944.
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
| St. Helier North | 57 | 65 | 21 | 8 | 151 |
| St. Helier South | 40 | 35 | 12 | 19 | 106 |
| St. Helier West | 43 | 34 | 8 | 16 | 101 |
| North-East | 40 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 93 |
| North-West | 32 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 72 |
| Central | 22 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| South-East | 24 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 52 |
| South-West | 28 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 49 |
| Totals | 286 | 232 | 73 | 71 | 662 |
| 518 | 144 | ||||
The total of 662 is 39 more than at the corresponding date
twelve months earlier.
The Surrey County Council is responsible for the anti-tuberculosis
scheme in the area. The number of patients from Carshalton who
received institutional treatment under the County scheme during the
year was as follows : —
At Surrey County Sanatorium, Milford 36
At other tuberculosis institutions 110
146
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