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Malden and Coombe 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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TUBERCULOSIS 1938- 1954.
| 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 | 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 |
| 1953 | 45,500 | 36 | 0.79 | 3 | 0.06 | 10 | 0.22 | — | — |
| 1954 | 45,910 | 24 | 0.52 | 7 | 0.15 | 6 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.02 |
Notification of tuberculosis was, on the whole, satisfactory.
One case during the year was 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 25 fewer than that for the previous year.
Pulmonary Pulmonary
Males 128 15
Females 112 23
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 221
Attendances at diphtheria immunisation sessions 81
Treatment for scabies 18
Visits in regard to old people 621
Miscellaneous 307