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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 1945
[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 28, distributed by age groups as follows:—
TABLE 21.
DEATHS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS, 1945.
| Age, Years. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | ||
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5—15 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15—25 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| 25—35 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| 35—45 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| 45—55 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| 55—65 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
| 65—75 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Totals | 19 | 8 | 1 | - | 28 |
Three deaths of unnotified cases represent 11 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 19 such examinations were
made with a positive result in five.
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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