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Malden and Coombe 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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The death rate from tuberculosis per 1,000 of the population
was 0.11 as compared with the rate for England and Wales of 0.15.
Twenty-five cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were notified,
one more than in 1954.
PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Mass X-ray, B.C.G. vaccination of susceptible groups and
careful checking of the contacts of all new cases have contributed
to the fall in the death rate of this disease. The notification rate
has not fallen as rapidly because of the great improvement in
diagnosis.
TUBERCULOSIS 1938- 1955.
| 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 |
| 1955 | 45,810 | 25 | 0.54 | 2 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.02 |
Notification of tuberculosis was, on the whole, satisfactory.
Two cases during the year were not diagnosed until after death.
At the end of the year the following numbers of cases were
suffering from the disease and living in the district, the total being
15 fewer than that for the previous year.
Pulmonary
NonPulmonary
Males 121 11
Females 112 19