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Malden and Coombe 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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TUBERCULOSIS 1938 - 1951.
TUBERCULOSIS 1938-1951.
| New CASES | DEATHS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Estimated Population | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||
| No. | Rate per 1,000 Population | No. | Rate per 1,000 Population | No. | Rate per 1,000 Population | No. | Rate per 1,000 Population | ||
| 1938 | 38,820 | 29 | 0.74 | 8 | 0.20 | 10 | 0.25 | I | 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 |
| 1949 | 44,580 | 37 | 0.83 | 4 | 0.09 | 14 | 0.31 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 44,830 | 30 | 0.67 | 5 | 0.11 | 6 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 45,640 | 30 | 0.65 | 6 | 0.10 | 9 | 0.19 | 2 | 0.04 |
Notification of tuberculosis was, on the whole, satisfactory.
There were four cases during the year which did not come to
light until after death.
At the end of the year the following numbers of cases were
shown to be suffering from the disease and living in the district,
the total being twenty-six less than that for the previous year.
Non-
Pulmonary Pulmonary
Males 139 18
Females 95 20
WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE.
The following is a record of certain aspects of the work
done by the nurse to the public health department during the
year:—
Home visits in connection with infectious diseases—
Measles and whooping cough 943
Scarlet fever, poliomyelitis and pneumonia 47
Sonne dysentry (including visits to laboratory) 276
Attendances at diphtheria immunisation sessions 30
Visits for treatment of scabies 10
Visits for treatment of head lice 15
Visits in regard to old people 533
Poliomyelitis survey 13
Miscellaneous 74