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Merton and Morden 1953
[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 110 persons in
1953 from Merton and Morden, as follows:—
At the County Sanatorium, Milford18
At other Institutions 92
110
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.
| Year | Primary Notifications | Total New Cases | No. on Register at end of year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pul. | Non-Pul. | Total | Pul, | Non-Pul. | Total | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Total | |
| 1944 | 87 | 10 | 97 | 127 | 13 | 140 | 620 | 133 | 753 |
| 1945 | 84 | 20 | 104 | 116 | 23 | 139 | 651 | 146 | 797 |
| 1946 | 72 | 13 | 85 | 101 | 18 | 119 | 671 | 147 | 818 |
| 1947 | 82 | 14 | 96 | 109 | 21 | 130 | 708 | 153 | 861 |
| 1948 | 74 | 11 | 85 | 104 | 15 | 119 | 761 | 161 | 922 |
| 1949 | 86 | 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 |
| 1953 | 68 | 7 | 75 | 114 | 8 | 122 | 995 | 135 | 1130 |
| Total | 921 | 103 | 1024 | 1281 | 145 | 1426 | — | – | — |
| Av'ge | 92.1 | 10.3 | 102.4 | 128.1 | 14.5 | 142.6 | — | — | – |
The deaths from Tuberculosis during the year number 10,
all of which were due to pulmonary disease. Two of the deaths
were unnotified cases.
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