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Carshalton 1956

[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 69, classified as follows :
Males Females
Pulmonary 33 Pulmonary 32
Non-pulmonary 1 Non-pulmonary 3
Of the total additions, 37 were primary notifications, 30 were transferred
from other districts and 2 came to notice in other ways.
In the same period, 112 names were removed from the register for the
following reasons :
Recovered 20
Death 17
Otherwise (including removals) 75
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1956, was as shewn in the following table :

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.Cases on Register at 31st December, 1956.

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.

Cases on Register at 31st December, 1956.

WardPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotalIncidence per 1,000 population
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
St. Helier North717710816619.6
St. Helier South64546813218.9
St. Helier West516961013617.1
North-East60697313914.2
North-West2827–3587.7
Central3125226010.2
South-East413214789.7
South-West2519–1456.7
Whole District371372323981413.2
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The total of 814 is 43 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 93.
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