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Merton and Morden 1952
[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 153 persons in
1952 from Merton and Morden, as follows:—
At the County Sanatorium, Milford 21
At other Institutions 132
153
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 cases
include T.B. cases which have moved into the district and are
added to our registers.
TABLE XXI.
Tuberculosis 1943-52.
TABLE XX1.
Tuberculosis 1943-52.
| Year | Primary Notifications | Total New Cases | No. on Register at end of year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pul. | Non-Pul. | Total | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Tota | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Total | |
| 1943 | 103 | 18 | 121 | 127 | 24 | 151 | 569 | 128 | 697 |
| 1944 | 87 | 10 | 97 | 127 | 13 | 140 | 6211 | 133 | 753 |
| 1945 | 84 | 20 | 104 | lib | 23 | 139 | 651 | 146 | 797 |
| 1946 | 72 | 13 | 85 | 101 | 18 | 119 | 671 | 147 | 818 |
| 1947 1948 | 82 74 | 14 11 | 96 85 | 109 104 | 21 15 | 130 119 | 708 761 | 153 161 | 861 922 |
| 1949 | 8fi | 6 | 92 | 118 | 13 | 131 | 798 | 160 | 958 |
| 1950 | 123 | 8 | 131 | 165 | 13 | 178 | 817 | 153 | 970 |
| 1951 | 118 | 8 | 126 | 152 | 9 | 161 | 882 | 142 | 1024 |
| 1952 | 127 | 6 | 133 | 175 | 12 | 187 | 975 | 148 | 1123 |
| Total | 956 | 114 | 1070 | 1294 | 161 | 1455 | — | — | — |
| Av'ge | 95.6 | 11.4 | 107.0 | 129.4 | 16.1 | 145.5 | — | — | — |
The deaths from Tuberculosis during the year number 23,
of which 22 were due to pulmonary and 1 to non-pulmonary
disease. One of the deaths was an unnotified case.
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