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Merton and Morden 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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The provision of treatment and investigation of Tuberculosis
is the responsibility of the Regional Hospital Board, the
County Council being responsible for the preventive side of the
work. Institutional treatment was provided for 151 persons in
1951 from Merton and Morden, as follows:—
At the County Sanatorium, Milford 18
At other Institutions 133
151
A table has been prepared which shows in comparison the
numbers of new cases for the past 10 years. The primary
infections are all cases occurring in the district. The total eases
include T.B. cases which have moved into the district and are
added to our registers.
It will be seen that the primary notifications of tuberculosis,
particularly the pulmonary type, are still well above average.
As stated before, this is probably due to some extent to the
greater number of cases coming to light as the result of the
work of the Mass Radiography Unit.

Table: TABLE XXI. Tuberculosis 1942-51.

TABLE XXI. Tuberculosis 1942-51.

YearFrimary NotificationsTotal New CasesNo. on Register at end of year
Pul.Non Pul.TotalPul.Non-Pul.TotalPul.Non-Pul.Total
1942931410712724151514112626
19431031812112724151569128697
194487109712713140620133753
1943842010411623139651146797
194672138510118119671147818
194782149610921130708153861
194874118510415119761161922
19498669211813131798160958
1950123813116513178817153970
1951118812615291618821421024
Total922122104412461731419---
Av'ge92.212.2104.4124.617.3141.9---

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The deaths from Tuberculosis during the year number 16,
of which 15 were due to pulmonary and 1 to non-pulmonary
disease. Two of the deaths were in unnotified cases.
71