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Malden and Coombe 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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TUBERCULOSIS 1938 - 1953.
| 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. | Kate per 1,000 Population | ||
| 1 | |||||||||
| — | — | ||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| — | -- | ||||||||
| — | - | ||||||||
| — | — | ||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 0.13 | 1 | 0.02 | |||||||
| 1951 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 1953 | — | - | |||||||
Notification of tuberculosis was, on the whole, satisfactory.
There were four cases during the year which were not diagnosed
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 thirteen more than that for the previous year.
Pulmonary Pulmonary
Males 152 16
Females 22
WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE.
The following is a record of certain aspects of the work
done by the nurse during the year:—
Home visits in connection with infectious diseases—
Measles and whooping cough 660
Paratyphoid B 498
Attendances at diphtheria immunisation sessions 25
Visits for treatment of head lice 21
Treatment for scabies 27
Visits in regard to old people 572
Poliomyelitis survey 168
Miscellaneous 209