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Malden and Coombe 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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A sharp rise is shown in the number of notifications of
new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis but the mortality rate is
again only one-third of the high peak registered in 1941 and still
shows a tendency to decline.
The following table shows the trend of tuberculosis since
1938.
TUBERCULOSIS 1938 - 1948.
| Year | NEW CASES | DEATHS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Population | No. | Pulmonary Rate per 1,000 Population | N No. | on-Pulmonary Rate per 1,000 Population | No. | Pulmonary Rate per 1,000 Population | No No. | n-Pulmonary Rate per 1,ooo Population | |
| 1938 | 38,820 | 29 | 0.74 | 8 | 0.20 | 10 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 39,630 | 31 | 0.78 | 7 | 0.17 | 14 | 0.35 | — | — |
| 1940 | 38,360 | 43 | 1.12 | 7 | 0.18 | 26 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 33,920 | 45 | 1.32 | 8 | 0.23 | 31 | 0.91 | 5 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 37,070 | 51 | 1.37 | 12 | 0.32 | 21 | 0.56 | 3 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 37,750 | 35 | 0.92 | 9 | 0.23 | 15 | 0.39 | — | — |
| 1944 | 35,840 | 27 | 0.75 | 9 | 0.25 | 15 | 0.41 | — | — |
| 1945 | 38,080 | 37 | 0.97 | 7 | 0.18 | 13 | 0.34 | 4 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 43,160 | 40 | 0.92 | 12 | 0.27 | 14 | 0.32 | — | — |
| 1947 | 44,450 | 31 | 0.69 | 11 | 0.24 | 14 | 0.31 | 4 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 44,490 | 59 | 1.32 | 4 | 0.09 | 13 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.02 |
Notification of tuberculosis was, on the whole, satisfactory.
There were 3 cases during the year which did not come to light
until after death.
The facilities for X-ray examination offered by arrangement
with the Kingston Victoria Hospital were made use of by 2 cases.
At the end of the year the following numbers of cases were
shown to be suffering from the disease and living in the district,
an increase of 31 compared with the previous year.
Non-
Pulmonary Pulmonary
Males 150 22
Females 93 28
TREATMENT OF RHEUMATISM.
The Council's scheme for the treatment of Rheumatism
came to an end on 4th July, 1948, due to the operation of the
National Health Service Act. Details of the scheme were given
in the Medical Officer's report for 1943.