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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 1949

[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 56 Pulmonary 64
Non-pulmonary 5 Non-pulmonary 7
Of the total additions, 86 were primary notifications, 44 were
transferred from other districts, and 2 came to notice in other ways.
For the same period 105 names were removed from the register
for the following reasons:—
Recovered 34
Death 23
Otherwise (including removals) 48

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1949.

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1949.

Ward.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.TotalIncidence per 1,000 population.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
St. Helier North5976131015818.3
St. Helier South5960141214520.5
St. Helier West575410913015.5
North-East484810811412.1
North-West372734719.7
Central31237—6110.0
South-East243366698.8
South-West271534497.3
Totals342336665379713.2
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The total of 797 is 27 more than at the corresponding date twelve
months earlier.
The number of patients from Carshalton who received institutional
treatment under the arrangements of the South-West Metropolitan
Hospital Board during the year was as follows:—
At Milford Sanatorium, Surrey 40
At other tubeiculosis institutions 131
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