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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 1941
[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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| 25 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | — | - |
| 35 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 55 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| 65 & upwards | 5 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Totals | 31 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
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 were three such cases
during the year.
The facilities for chest X-ray examination offered by
arrangement with the Kingston Victoria Hospital was
made use of in one case.
At the end of the year the following number of cases
were shown to be suffering from the disease and living
in the district, a decrease of thirteen cases compared with
the previous year:— Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
Males 86 19
Females 60 20
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES REMOVED TO
TOLWORTH ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
Scarlet fever 15
Suspected scarlet fever 1
Diphtheria 6
Diphtheria "carrier" 1
Suspected diphtheria 1
Measles 11
Whooping cough 12