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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Carshalton 1960

[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 54 classified as follows: —
Males Females
Pulmonary 23 Pulmonary 22
Non-pulmonary 3 Non-pulmonary 6
Of the total additions, 21 were primary notifications, 31 were transferred
from other districts and 2 came to notice in other ways.
In the same period, 141 names were removed from the register for
the following reasons:—
Recovered 86
Death 11
Otherwise (including removals) 44
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1960, was as shewn in the following
table:—

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.Cases on Register at 31st December, 1960

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.

Cases on Register at 31st December, 1960

WardPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotalIncidence per 1,000 population
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
St. Helier North59485812014.7
St. Helier South4538779713.6
St. Helier West3247248511.4
North-East453654909.2
North-West202422486.6
Central16271—447.5
South-East36221—596.9
South-West1719——365.4
Whole District27026123255799.5
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The total of 579 is 87 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 29.
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