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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 1955
[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 67, classified as follows :
| Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 32 | Pulmonary | 30 |
| Non-pulmonary | 1 | Non-pulmonary | 4 |
Of the total additions, 36 were primary notifications, and 31 were
transferred from other districts.
In the same period, 104 names were removed from the register for the
following reasons :
Recovered 35
Death 5
Otherwise (including removals) 64
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the register
at the 31st December, 1955, was as shown in the following table :
| Ward | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Incidence per 1,000 population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |||
| — | ||||||
| — | ||||||
The total of 857 is 37 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 109.
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