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Carshalton 1957

[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 73, classified as follows:—
Males
Females
Pulmonary 33 Pulmonary 35
Non-pulmonary 1 Non-pulmonary 4
Of the total additions, 29 were primary notifications and 44 were
transferred from other districts. The new cases arising in the district at
29 is the lowest yearly total yet recorded.
In the same period, 110 names were removed from the register for the
following reasons :—
Recovered 31
Death 8
Otherwise (including removals) 71
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the register
at the 31st December, 1957, was as shewn in the following table:—

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.Cases on Register at 31st December, 1957.

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.

Cases on Register at 31st December, 1957.

WardPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotalIncidence per 1,000 population
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
St. Helier North697010815719.0
St. Helier South66526713118.3
St. Helier West49664912817.1
North-East57677413513.9
North-West2526—2537.4
Central272411539.1
South-East4627—4779.1
South-West2220—1436.6
Whole District361352283677712.8
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The total of 777 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 59.
58