[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1958. (Based on the Registrar-General's Figures.)

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TABLE 1. ESTIMATED HOME POPULATION, MID-1958, BY WARDS.

Ward	Dwellings at Mid-1958	Estimated Population Mid-1958

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They were distributed as shewn in the following table.

Ward	Live Births	Birth Rate per 1,000 Population	Stillbirths	Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births

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Out of 758 total births, 574 took place in the following hospitals and nursing homes:—

	Live	Still	Total

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TABLE 2. BIRTHS, 1958—DOMICILIARY AND OTHERS—BY WARDS.

Ward	Born in District			Born outside District			Grand Total
Ward	In Hospitals and Nursing Homes	In Private Dwellings	Total	In Hospitals and Nursing Homes	In Private Dwellings	Total	Grand Total

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TABLE 3. BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR CARSHALTON, 1922-1958.

Year	Population (Registrar-General's)	Birth Rate	Death Rate	Infant Mortality Rate	Maternal Mortality Rate

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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1958.

	England and Wales		Carshalton

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COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/58.

	Crude Death Rate (Civilian) per 1,000 population		Infant Mortality per 1,000 live births		Maternal Mortality (excluding abortion) per 1,000 total births
Year	England and Wales	Carshalton	England and Wales	Carshalton	England and Wales	Carshalton

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WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH, 1958.

Ward	Deaths	Death Rate (crude)	Mean Age at Death

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DEATHS FROM CANCER OF THE LUNGS 1934-58.

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CANCER DEATHS—WARD DISTRIBUTION, 1958.

Ward	Cancer Deaths	Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population

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TABLE 5. CANCER DEATHS, 1958.

Group	Site Affected	Male	Female	Total

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Tuberculosis was rather more fatal in 1958, but the mortality from this disease still compares very favourably with what it was only a few years ago. The death rates from this cause over the last twenty years were as follows:—

Year	Deaths from Tuberculosis	Death Rate per 1,000 Population	Year	Deaths from Tuberculosis	Death Rate per 1,000 Population

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TABLE 6. INFANT MORTALITY—WARD DISTRIBUTION.

Ward	Infant Deaths	Rate per 1,000 Live Births

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TABLE 7. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1958. Deaths Classified as to Cause and Age at Death.

Cause of Death	Under 1 week	1—2 weeks	2—3 weeks	3—4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 mths.	3 mths. and under 6 mths.	6 mths. and under 9 mths.	9 mths. and under 12 mths.	Total deaths under 1 year

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TABLE 8—CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1958—B Y A GE AND S EX

No. Causes of Death		0	—	1	—	5	—	15	—	25	—	35	—	45	—	55	—	65	—	75	—	All Ages
No. Causes of Death		M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	Pns.

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Clinics and Treatment Centres The following programme of clinics is provided by the County Council and the Hospital Board and are available to residents of the district.

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Poliomyelitis Vaccination —at special clinics in health centres, schools, factories, etc., by appointment.

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The supply both in quantity and quality was satisfactory during the year. The following summary of the water examinations carried out in the Company's Laboratory, is supplied by courtesy of the Resident Chemist.

Sample	Total No. of Bacteriological Examinations	Total No. of full Chemical Analyses	No. and % of samples showing ColiAerogenes in 100 ml. (excluding B. Coli 1)		No. and % of samples showing B. Coli present in 100 ml. of sample (Type 1)		Total No. ColiAerogenes Organisms in 100 ml. of sample
Sample	Total No. of Bacteriological Examinations	Total No. of full Chemical Analyses	No.	%	No.	%	Total No. ColiAerogenes Organisms in 100 ml. of sample

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Premises. During the year, sixty-eight premises were treated for the destruction of vermin and insects pests as follows:—

Infestation	Property Treated by C.U.D.C.				Property Treated		Total
Infestation	C.U.D.C. Property	S.C.C. Property	L.C.C. Property	Privately Owned Property	By L.C.C.	By Owners	Total

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Deposit Gauges

Gauge	Total Rainfall (in inches)	Total Solids. Tons per sq. mile
Gauge	Total Rainfall (in inches)	Highest Monthly Reading	Lowest Monthly Reading	Average Monthly Reading

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Month	Gauge A		Gauge B		Gauge C
Month	Rainfall in ins.	Total Solids (Tons per sq. mile)	Rainfall in ins.	Total Solids (Tons per sq. mile)	Rainfall in ins.	Total Solids (Tons per sq. mile)

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Smoke and Atmospheric Sulphur Dioxide

Month	Smoke (Milligrams per 100 cubic metres)			S.O.2. (Parts per 100 million)
Month	Highest Daily Reading	Lowest Daily Reading	Average Daily Reading	Highest Daily Reading	Lowest Daily Reading	Average Daily Reading

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With regard to sewers, two maintenance treatments were carried out, one in May and the other in November. The results are shewn in the following table, together with the three previous years:—

	May Treatment				November Treatment
	1955	1956	1957	1958	1955	1956	1957	1958

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The following table gives a summary of the registers:—

	Employees			Premises
	Males	Females	Total	Premises

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1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors).

Premises	Number on Register	Number of
Premises	Number on Register	Inspections	Written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they are reckoned as two, three or more "cases").

Premises	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

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Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)

Nature of Works	Section 110			Section 111
Nature of Works	No. of outworkers in Aug. list required by Sect. 110(1) (c)	No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

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Schemes in various stages of preparation were as follows:—

Site No.	Site	Type of Dwelling	No.

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The known position in respect of statutory overcrowding at the beginning and end of the year was as follows:—

Ward	Dwellings overcrowded at 31/12/57	Dwellings found overcrowded during 1958	Dwellings de-crowded during 1958	Dwellings remaining overcrowded at 31/12/58	Overcrowded cases remedied during 1958
Ward	Dwellings overcrowded at 31/12/57	Dwellings found overcrowded during 1958	Dwellings de-crowded during 1958	Dwellings remaining overcrowded at 31/12/58	Formal Action	Informal Action	Total

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The new cases in the last ten years and the known overcrowdec dwellings at the respective year ends were as follows:—

Year	New Cases	Cases at Year End	Year	New Cases	Cases at Year End

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The number of Milk Distributors registered is 20. Designated licences issued during the year were as follows:—

Designation	Number of Distributors Holding Licences	No. of Licences in force on 31/12/58

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Classification of the milk samples and the results of the tests are as follows:—

Designation under which sold	No. of samples	Methylene Blue Test		Phosphatase Test		Turbidity Test
Designation under which sold	No. of samples	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

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The record of these samples since 1947 when the system was first instituted was as follows:—

Year	No. of samples	Grade
Year	No. of samples	1	2	3	4

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TABLE 9. INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES AND ACTION TAKEN.

Nature of Business	Number of premises	Number of premises registered under Section 16 of Food & Drugs Act	Number of inspections made	Sanitary accommodation						Food storage and preparation rooms							Accumulations removed
Nature of Business	Number of premises		Number of inspections made	Repaired	Cleansed and/or decorated	Lighting provided	Wash-basins provided	Water supply provided	Wash your Hands Notices	Repaired	Cleansed and/or decorated	Lighting provided	Ventilation provided	Washing facilities for food and equipment provided	First-aid equipment provided	Accommodation for clothing provided	Accumulations removed

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The number of persons recorded as having received successful vaccination during the year was as follows:—

Age at 31st December, 1958i.e. born in	Under 1 yr 1958	1-4 yrs 1954-7	5-14 yrs 1944-53	15 yrs & over 1943 and earlier	Total

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In addition, the following unsuccessful attempts at vaccination were made:—

Age at 31st December, 1958i.e. born in	Under 1 yr1958	1 -4 yrs 1954-7	5-14 yrs 1944-53	15 yrs & overl943 & earlier	Total

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TABLE 10. SCARLET FEVER—DISTRIBUTION OF CASES, 1958.

1958	Ward
1958	St. Helier North	St. Helier South	St. Helier West	North-East	Northwest	Central	South-East	Southwest	Total

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TABLE 11. SCARLET FEVER—MULTIPLE CASES, 1958.

Ward	No. of houses in which occurred				Total Houses	Total Cases
Ward	1 Case	2 Cases	3 Cases	4 Cases	Total Houses	Total Cases

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In 1958, 514 resident children received a primary course of treatment as follows:—

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Number of children at 31st December, 1958, who had completed a course of immunisation at any time before that date (i.e. at any time since 1/1/44).

Age at 31/12/58 i.e. Born in Year	Under 1 1958	1-4 1954-1957	5-9 1949-1953	10-14 1944-1948	Under 15 Total

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The following table shows the estimated percentage of children immunised at each year end since 1935, when the Council's scheme was inaugurated and the incidence of diphtheria in the resident population.

Year	Percentage of Children Immunised at year end			Incidence of Diphtheria
	0-5 Years	5-15 Years	0-15 Years	Cases	Attack Rate Per 1,000 Population

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TABLE 12.—MEASLES WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1958. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

1958	Ward
	St. Helier North	St. Helier South	St. Helier West	North-East	Northwest	Central	South-East	Southwest	Total

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The following figures shew the cases notified during each of the past ten years and the percentage of children under five years of age immunised against whooping cough at the beginning of each year:—

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TABLE 13. WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1958. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

1958	Ward
	St. Helier North	St. Helier South	St. Helier West	North-East	Northwest	Central	South-East	Southwest	Total

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POLIOMYELITIS CASES 1947-58 (INCLUSIVE).

Age Group	Paralytic	Non Paralytic	Total	Paralytic	Non Paralytic	Total	Paralytic	Non Paralytic	Total

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The number of individuals vaccinated during the year was as follows:—

	No. who received their 2nd injection		No. given a 3rd injection

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The number vaccinated from the beginning of the scheme up to the 31st December, 1958 was as follows:—

		No. given 2 injections	No. of those in the previous column given a 3rd injection

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TABLE 14. CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL, 1958.

Disease	Bletchingley	Cuddington	Wandle Valley	Queen Mary's	St. Helier	Totals

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TABLE 15. INFECTIOUS DISEASES—NOTIFICATIONS, DEATHS AND DISTRIBUTION. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

Disease	Cases notified	Case rate per 1,000 population	Deaths	Distribution by Wards								No. of cases removed to Hospital	Percentage of cases removed to Hospital
Disease	Cases notified	Case rate per 1,000 population	Deaths	St. Helier North	St. Helier South	St. Helier West	North-East	Northwest	Central	South-East	Southwest	No. of cases removed to Hospital	Percentage of cases removed to Hospital

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TABLE 16. INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1958. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

Disease	Total Cases Notified												Total Cases at All Ages
Disease	Under 1 year	1-2	2-3	3-4	4-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-35	35-45	45-65	65 and over	Total Cases at All Ages

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TABLE 17. MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1958. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

Disease	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total

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TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1958.

Ward	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total	Incidence per 1,000 population
Ward	Males	Females	Males	Females	Total	Incidence per 1,000 population

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The number of tuberculous persons who died during the year was 15, distributed by age groups as follows:—

Age, Years	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total
Age, Years	Males	Females	Males	Females	Total

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DEATHS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS, 1958.

Ward	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Death Rate per 1,000 population	Mean age at Death
Ward	Male	Female	Male	Female	Death Rate per 1,000 population	Mean age at Death

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TABLE 18. TUBERCULOSIS. New Cases, Age and Sex Distribution and Manner of Admission to Register, 1958.

Age Group Years	Primary Notifications "A"				Cases transferred from other Districts				Cases brought to notice other than by Notification or Transfer				Total New Cases
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pumonary		Total New Cases
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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METEOROLOGY The following rainfall was recorded at the Council's Pumping Station in Buckhurst Avenue.

Rainfall 1958	Amount in ins.	Rainfall 1958	Amount in ins.

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1958. (Based on the Registrar-General's Figures.)

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED HOME POPULATION, MID-1958, BY WARDS.

They were distributed as shewn in the following table.

Out of 758 total births, 574 took place in the following hospitals and nursing homes:—

TABLE 2. BIRTHS, 1958—DOMICILIARY AND OTHERS—BY WARDS.

TABLE 3. BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR CARSHALTON, 1922-1958.

TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1958.

COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/58.

WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH, 1958.

DEATHS FROM CANCER OF THE LUNGS 1934-58.

CANCER DEATHS—WARD DISTRIBUTION, 1958.

TABLE 5. CANCER DEATHS, 1958.

Tuberculosis was rather more fatal in 1958, but the mortality from this disease still compares very favourably with what it was only a few years ago. The death rates from this cause over the last twenty years were as follows:—

TABLE 6. INFANT MORTALITY—WARD DISTRIBUTION.

TABLE 7. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1958. Deaths Classified as to Cause and Age at Death.

TABLE 8—CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1958—B Y A GE AND S EX

Clinics and Treatment Centres The following programme of clinics is provided by the County Council and the Hospital Board and are available to residents of the district.

Poliomyelitis Vaccination —at special clinics in health centres, schools, factories, etc., by appointment.

The supply both in quantity and quality was satisfactory during the year. The following summary of the water examinations carried out in the Company's Laboratory, is supplied by courtesy of the Resident Chemist.

Premises. During the year, sixty-eight premises were treated for the destruction of vermin and insects pests as follows:—

Deposit Gauges

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Smoke and Atmospheric Sulphur Dioxide

With regard to sewers, two maintenance treatments were carried out, one in May and the other in November. The results are shewn in the following table, together with the three previous years:—

The following table gives a summary of the registers:—

1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors).

(If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they are reckoned as two, three or more "cases").

Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)

Schemes in various stages of preparation were as follows:—

The known position in respect of statutory overcrowding at the beginning and end of the year was as follows:—

The new cases in the last ten years and the known overcrowdec dwellings at the respective year ends were as follows:—

The number of Milk Distributors registered is 20. Designated licences issued during the year were as follows:—

Classification of the milk samples and the results of the tests are as follows:—

The record of these samples since 1947 when the system was first instituted was as follows:—

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TABLE 9. INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES AND ACTION TAKEN.

The number of persons recorded as having received successful vaccination during the year was as follows:—

In addition, the following unsuccessful attempts at vaccination were made:—

TABLE 10. SCARLET FEVER—DISTRIBUTION OF CASES, 1958.

TABLE 11. SCARLET FEVER—MULTIPLE CASES, 1958.

In 1958, 514 resident children received a primary course of treatment as follows:—

Number of children at 31st December, 1958, who had completed a course of immunisation at any time before that date (i.e. at any time since 1/1/44).

The following table shows the estimated percentage of children immunised at each year end since 1935, when the Council's scheme was inaugurated and the incidence of diphtheria in the resident population.

TABLE 12.—MEASLES WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1958. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

The following figures shew the cases notified during each of the past ten years and the percentage of children under five years of age immunised against whooping cough at the beginning of each year:—

TABLE 13. WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1958. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

POLIOMYELITIS CASES 1947-58 (INCLUSIVE).

The number of individuals vaccinated during the year was as follows:—

The number vaccinated from the beginning of the scheme up to the 31st December, 1958 was as follows:—

TABLE 14. CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL, 1958.

TABLE 15. INFECTIOUS DISEASES—NOTIFICATIONS, DEATHS AND DISTRIBUTION. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

TABLE 16. INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1958. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

TABLE 17. MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1958. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1958.

The number of tuberculous persons who died during the year was 15, distributed by age groups as follows:—

DEATHS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS, 1958.

TABLE 18. TUBERCULOSIS. New Cases, Age and Sex Distribution and Manner of Admission to Register, 1958.

METEOROLOGY The following rainfall was recorded at the Council's Pumping Station in Buckhurst Avenue.