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Malden and Coombe 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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TUBERCULOSIS 1938 - 1952.
| Year | NEW CASES | DEATHS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 1952 | 45,390 | 42 | 0.92 | 5 | 0.11 | 8 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.02 |
Notification of tuberculosis was, on the whole, satisfactory.
There were three 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 sixteen more than that for the previous year.
Non-
Pulmonary Pulmonary
Males 144 17
Females 106 23
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 458
Sonne dysentery (including visits to laboratory) 423
Attendances at diphtheria immunisation sessions 16
Visits for treatment of head lice 14
Visits in regard to old people 518
Poliomyelitis survey 237
Whooping cough survey 389
Miscellaneous 98