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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 1954

[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 102, classified as follows:
Males Females
Pulmonary 49 Pulmonary 44
Non-pulmonary 4 Non-pulmonary 5
Of the total additions, 53 were primary notifications, 45 were
transferred from other districts, and 4 came to notice in other ways.
For the same period, 109 names were removed from the register
for the following reasons:
Recovered 17
Death 15
Otherwise (including removals) 77
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1954, was as shown in the following
table:

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION Cases on Register at 31st December, 1954

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION Cases on Register at 31st December, 1954

WardPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotalIncidence per 1,000 population
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
St. Helier North797713917820.6
St. Helier South7061111015221.4
St. Helier West657971116220.0
North-East64699414614.6
North-West3130-3648.6
Central3731417312.2
South-East402834759.2
South-West2318—3446.8
Whole District409393474589414.5
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The total of 894 is 7 less 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 144.
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