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Carshalton 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: TuberculosisThe new cases admitted to the tuberculosis register during the year numbered 64 classified as follows:—

Tuberculosis

The new cases admitted to the tuberculosis register during the year numbered 64 classified as follows:—

MalesFemales
Pulmonary32Pulmonary27
Non-pulmonary3Non-pulmonary2

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Of the total additions, 27 were primary notifications, 34 were trans.
ferred from other districts and 3 came to notice in other ways.
In the same period, 112 names were removed from the registerfor
the following reasons:—
Recovered 69
Death 14
Otherwise (including removals) 29
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1961, was as shown in the following
table:—

Table: TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1961.

TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1961.

WardPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotalIncidence per 1,000 population
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
St. Helier North57435711216.27
St. Helier South4038869214.86
St. Helier West3042247811.52
North-East373035758.42
North-West192122446.17
Central12232-376.37
South-East30221-536.36
South-West2119——406.15
2462382324
Whole District484475319.39

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The total of 531 is 48 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 32.
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