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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Malden and Coombe 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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DEATHS
| Age Groups | Respiratory | Meninges and Central Nervous System | Other | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 5 | - | — | — | - | — | — |
| 5-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25-44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45-64 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 65 and over | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
The death rate from tuberculosis per 1,000 of the population
was 0.04 as compared with the rate for England and Wales of 012.
Nineteen cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were notified,
6 less than in 1955.
TUBERCULOSIS 1938- 1956.
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Estimated Population | No. | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
| 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 | l | 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 | l | 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 | 083 | 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 |
| 1956 | 45,750 | 19 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.04 | — | — |
Notification of tuberculosis was, on the whole, satisfactory.