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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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| Year. | Population. | Cases Notified. | Rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 18,310 | 18 | 0.98 | 11 | 0.60 |
| 1929 | 19,800 | 21 | 1.06 | 4 | 0.20 |
| 1930 | 21,290 | 26 | 1.22 | 10 | 0.46 |
| 1931 | 23,500 | 21 | 0.89 | 14 | 0.59 |
| 1932 | 25,370 | 21 | 0.83 | 15 | 0.59 |
| 1933 | 27,830 | 32 | 1.15 | 20 | 0.71 |
| 1934 | 30,720 | 36 | 1.17 | 14 | 0.45 |
| 1935 | 32,380 | 42 | 1.30 | 14 | 0.43 |
| 1936 | 34,480 | 36 | 1.04 | 20 | 0.58 |
| 1937 | 37.270 | 46 | 1.23 | 15 | 0.40 |
There was an increase in the number of new notifications
due to a larger number of male pulmonary cases.
There was 110 evidence of any local cause at work to
account for this. On the other hand there was a fall
in the death rate from tuberculosis.
As early ascertainment and notification is of great
importance in the prevention and cure of tuberculosis,
the number of cases dying unnotified is an important
index of the extent of our awareness of the disease. A
certain number of cases will always defy diagnosis before
death and in the present year there were only three
such eases. In none of these could a diagnosis have
reasonably been expected before death and there was no
instance of failure on the part of the doctor to notify.
The facilities for chest Xray examination offered by
arrangement with the Kingston Victoria Hospital were
made use of in four cases.
At the end of the year the following number of cases
was shown to be suffering from the disease and living
in the district, an increase of four cases compared with
the previous year:— Pulmonary. NonPulmonary.
Males 75 14
Females 50 26
Old standing cases moving into the district are, of
course, added to the register in the same way as new
cases.