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Carshalton 1958
[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 79, classified as follows:—
TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.
| Ward | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Incidence per 1,000 population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |||
| _ | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| — | 1 | |||||
| 671 | ||||||
The total of 736 is 41 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 47.
Males
Pulmonary 36
Non-pulmonary 4
Females
Pulmonary 34
Non-pulmonary 5
Of the total additions, 30 were primary notifications, 44 were transferred
from other districts and 5 came to notice in other ways.
In the same period, 120 names were removed from the register for the
following reasons:—
Recovered 48
Death 15
Otherwise (including removals) 57
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1958, was as shewn in the following table:—
The number of tuberculous persons who died during the year was 15,
distributed by age groups as follows:—
58