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Malden and Coombe 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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sulphide ointment previously used is now being replaced
by a benzyl benzoate emulsion. Botli preparations are
effective, but the latter is less "messy." During. 1942,
282 infested persons from 117 families received treatment.
This number does not include those who received treatment
as contacts only.
CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| England and Wales. | Borough of Maiden 6c Coombe. | |
|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet fever | 2.19 | 1.29 |
| Diphtheria | 1.05 | 0.21 |
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| Erysipelas | 0.30 | 0.10 |
| *Puerperal pyrexia | 12.61 | 7.8 |
*1,000 total births (i.e., live and stillbirths).
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratorv | Respiratory | ||||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ] | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 4 | 12 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| 35 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 45 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 55 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 65 & upwards | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 25 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
There was a further increase in the number of new
eases of both pulmonary and non-pulmonary forms of
tuberculosis, although there was a fall in the death rate.
The increase in new cases was especially marked in the
age groups 15-25 and to a less extent 5-15 and especially