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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Merton 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Details of domiciliary visiting by Health Visitors are given
below:—
Visits in connection with old cases 997
Visits in connection with new cases 35
Visits in connection with contacts 154
Total 1186
B.C.G. Vaccination
During the year B.C.G. inoculation of school children in the
thirteen-year-old age group was carried out:—
Number of children skin tested 1763
Number found negative 1653
Number vaccinated with B.C.G. 1649
No children with positive skin tests were known to be contacts
with notified cases of tuberculosis.
Ninety-four of the children with positive skin tests were X-rayed.
No case of active disease was found.
Incidence of Tuberculosis
Primary notifications of tuberculosis received during the year
were as follows:—
Males. Females.
Respiratory 27 14
Non-respiratory 1 2
The table below shows the state of the Tuberculosis Register at the beginning and end of the year: —
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| No. of cases on Register at 1.1.67 | 441 | 284 | 27 | 41 | 725 | 68 |
| Primary Notifications in 1967 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 3 |
| Inward transfers in 1967 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 4 |
| Totals | 495 | 310 | 29 | 46 | 806 | 75 |
| Died during 1967 | 21 | 2 | 1 | — | 23 | 1 |
| Recovered during 1967 | 58 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 96 | 6 |
| Transfered out in 1967 | 30 | 17 | — | 3 | 47 | 3 |
| No. of cases on Register 31.12.67 | 386 | 253 | 26 | 39 | 640 | 65 |
Two hundred and forty-six contacts were examined for the first
time during the year and one was found to be tuberculous.
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