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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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The number of persons who died from tuberculosis during the
year was 33 distributed by age groups as follows : —
TABLE 22.
DEATHS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS, 1944.
| Age, Years. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | ||
| 0 | _ | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1—5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5—15 | _ | — | — | — | — |
| 15—25 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 25—35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 35—45 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 |
| 45—55 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | |
| 55—65 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 65—75 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
Only one of the deaths was of an unnotified case representing
three per cent. of the total deaths from this disease.
The Council provides a free service for the examination of sputum
for tubercle bacilli. In the past year 12 such examinations were made
with a positive result in one.
No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention of
Tuberculosis) Regulations 1925, nor under Section 172 of the Public
Health Act 1936.
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