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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

Malden and Coombe 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS.

TUBERCULOSIS.

Age PeriodsNEW CASESDEATHS
Respiratory Male FemaleNonRespiratory Male FemaleRespiratory Male FemaleNonRespiratory Male Female
0--------
1---1----
51-22----
1545-2-1--
25113--82--
356--211-1
453
5521---1--
651-------
& upwards
Totals2892795-1

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Under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
a register of all notified cases is kept in the Public Health
Department. Weekly returns of new cases are sent to
the County Medical Officer, and at the end of each
quarter a numerical return is made showing the cases
added to or removed from the Register, together with
the number remaining at the end of the quarter. The
continual movement of patients to and from the district
entails constant supervision in order that the register
may present a true record. Careful watch is kept on
the home conditions of patients in the register in order
that any defects in their mode of living which might
tend to spread the disease can be amended.

Table: The following table shows the case rate and the death rate from tuberculosis during the past 17 years:—

The following table shows the case rate and the death rate from tuberculosis during the past 17 years:—

Year.Population.Cases Notified.Rate per 1,000 population.Deaths.Rate per 1,000 population.
192114,503211.4480.55
192215,000181.20100.66
192315,366110.71120.78
192415,600211.34161.02
192515,850261.64120.75
192617,130201.16100.58
192717,450261.48100.57