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Carshalton 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Tuberculosis

Table: The new cases admitted to the tuberculosis register during the year numbered 70 classified as follows:—

The new cases admitted to the tuberculosis register during the year numbered 70 classified as follows:—

MalesFemales
Pulmonary35Pulmonary33
Non-pulmonary1Non-pulmonary1

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Of the total additions, 28 were primary notifications, 41 were transferred
from other districts and 1 came to notice in other ways.
In the same period, 140 names were removed from the register for the
following reasons:—
Recovered 65
Death 7
Otherwise (including removals) 68
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1959, was as shown in the following table:—

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. C ases on R egister at 31 st D ecember , 1959.

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. C ases on R egister at 31 st D ecember , 1959.

WardPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotalIncidence per 1,000 population
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
St. Helier North61585613015.9
St. Helier South58496611916.7
St. Helier West39572610413.9
North-East53446410711.0
North-West222612517.1
Central20301—518.9
South-East3720—-576.7
South-West2323—1477.1
Whole District313307212566611.4
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The total of 666 is 70 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 50.
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