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Malden and Coombe 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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working in co-operation with the school authorities, visits
the homes of infested children and ensures the treatment of
all members of the family at the same time.
No case of body louse infestation came under notice.
CASE RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| England & Wales. | Borough of Malden & Coombe. | |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 1.38 | 1.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.28 | 0.11 |
| Typhoid fever | 0.01 | Nil |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | Nil |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Measles | 3.92 | 3.52 |
| Whooping cough | 2.28 | 1.73 |
| †Puerperal pyrexia | 8.50 | 2.60 |
† per 1,000 total births (i.e., live and stillbirths).
TUBERCULOSIS, 1946.
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | _ | — | — | — |
| 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — |
| 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 35 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 45 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 55 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 65 & upwards | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 27 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | — | — |
The mortality rate from pulmonary tuberculosis is now
only one-third of the high peak rate registered in 1941 and
shows a tendency to decline. The number of new cases notified
annually is considerably below that of the early war years
but has shown no tendency to diminish over the past four
years. With the improvements in early diagnosis arising from