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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| 25 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| 35 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| 45 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 55 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 65 & upwards | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 26 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | — |
Notification of tuberculosis was, on the whole, satisfactory.
Cases which die unnotified are usually those of
an obscure character where ante-mortem diagnosis is
difficult or impossible. There was one such case during
the year.
The facilities for chest X-ray examination offered by
arrangement with the Kingston Victoria Hospital were
made use of in five cases.
At the end of the year the following number of cases were shown to be suffering from the disease and living in the district, an increase of four cases compared with the
previous year:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 85 | 22 |
| Females | 69 | 22 |
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REMOVED TO TOLWORTH ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
| Scarlet Fever | 44 |
| Suspected Scarlet Fever | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 5 |
| Suspected Diphtheria | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 12 |
| Suspected Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 |
| Para-typhoid | 2 |
| Measles | 9 |