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Malden and Coombe 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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were patients in nursing homes situated within the
district and three of these were women not usually resident
in the district. There is a statutory duty to inform
the County Medical Officer of Health of all puerperal
pyrexia notifications within twenty-four hours and the
circumstances are then investigated by him if a nursing
home or midwife is involved. There were two maternal
deaths during the year, one following abortion and one
following ectopic gestation.
CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| England and Wales. | Administrative County of Surrey. | Borough of Maiden & Coombe. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Scarlet fever | 2.41 | 1.75 | |
| Diphtheria | 1.58 | 0.56 | |
| Enteric fever | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
| Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.15 | |
| *Puerperal pyrexia | 14.42 | 17.88 | |
| *Per 1,000 total births (i.e., live and stillbirths). | |||
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ |
| 1 | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | - | — | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 45 | _ | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55 | 2 | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 65 & upwards | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — |
Under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations;
a register of all notified cases is kept in the Public Health
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