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Carshalton 1963
[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 32 classified as follows :—
| Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 16 | Pulmonary | 13 |
| N on-pulmonary | 3 | Non-pulmonary | 0 |
Of the total additions, 11 were primary notifications, 18 were transferred
from other districts and 3 came to notice in other ways.
In the same period, 95 names were removed from the register for the following reasons:—
| Recovered | 59 |
| Death | 9 |
| Otherwise (including removals) | 27 |
After allowing for the additions and deductions, the state of the
register at the 31st December, 1963, was as shown in the following table:—
TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION Cases on Register at 31 st December , 1963
| Ward | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Incidence per 1,000 population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |||
| St. Helier North | 45 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 91 | 13.36 |
| St. Helier South | 31 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 74 | 12.75 |
| St. Helier West | 26 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 9.84 |
| Ncrth-East | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 5.76 |
| North-West | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 4.88 |
| Central | 12 | 18 | 2 | — | 32 | 5.52 |
| South-East | 26 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 5.17 |
| South-West | 17 | 14 | — | — | 31 | 2.42 |
| 192 | 182 | 24 | 22 | |||
| Whole District | 374 | 46 | 420 | 7.49 | ||
The total of 420 is 63 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 11.
The number of tuberculous persons who died during the year was 9, distributed by age groups as follows:—
| Age Years | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||||
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1— 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5—15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 15—25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 25—35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 35—45 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| 45—55 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | ||
| 55—65 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | ||
| 65—up | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | ||