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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Domiciliary Visiting
Home visiting continues to be an important part of the work
of Tuberculosis Health Visitors. The number of tuberculosis households
visited during the year was 266.
Details of domiciliary visiting by Health Visitors are given
below:—
Visits in connection with old cases 516
Visits in connection with new cases 27
Visits in connection with contacts 47
Total 590
B.C.G. Vaccination
During the year B.C.G. inoculation of school children in the
twelve and thirteen year old age group was carried out:—
Number of children skin tested 3,139
Number found negative 3,032
Number vaccinated with B.C.G. 2,996
No children with positive skin tests were known to be contacts of
notified cases of tuberculosis.
Seventy-five 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:—
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 | P | Non-P | |
| No. of cases on Register at 1.1.71 | 277 | 195 | 30 | 37 | 472 | 67 |
| Primary Notifications in 1971 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| Inward transfers in 1971 | 9 | 7 | — | — | 16 | — |
| Totals | 296 | 212 | 36 | 38 | 508 | 74 |
| Died during 1971 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Recovered during 1971 | 19 | 10 | — | 5 | 29 | 5 |
| Transferred out in 1971 | 11 | 6 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 |
| Total cases removed from Register | 43 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 59 | 7 |
| No. of cases on Register 31.12.71 | 253 | 196 | 35 | 32 | 449 | 67 |