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Malden and Coombe 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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TUBERCULOSIS 1938 - 1958.
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 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 | 29 | 0.74 | 8 | 0.20 | 10 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 31 | 0.78 | 7 | 0.17 | 14 | 0.35 | - | - |
| 194-0 | 43 | 1 .12 | 7 | 0.18 | 26 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 45 | 1.32 | 8 | 0.23 | 31 | 0.91 | 5 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 51 | 1.37 | 12 | 0.32 | 21 | 0.56 | 3 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 35 | 0.92 | 9 | 0.23 | 15 | 0.39 | - | - |
| 1944- | 27 | 0.75 | 9 | 0.25 | 15 | 0.41 | - | - |
| 1945 | 37 | 0.97 | 7 | 0.18 | 13 | 0.34 | 4 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 40 | 0.92 | 12 | 0.27 | 14 | 0.32 | - | - |
| 1947 | 31 | 0.69 | 11 | 0.24 | 14 | 0.31 | 4 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 59 | 1.32 | 4 | 0.09 | 13 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 37 | 0.83 | 4 | 0.09 | 14 | 0.31 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 30 | 0.67 | 5 | 0.11 | 6 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 30 | O.65 | 6 | 0.10 | 9 | 0.19 | 2 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 42 | 0.92 | 5 | 0.11 | 8 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 36 | 0.79 | 3 | 0.06 | 10 | 0.22 | - | - |
| 1954 | 24 | 0.52 | 7 | 0.15 | 6 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 25 | 0.54 | 2 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 19 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.04 | - | - |
| 1957 | 30 | 0.65 | 3 | 0.07 | 4 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 23 | 0.51 | 3 | 0.07 | 3 | 0.07 | - | - |
MORTUARY.
12 bodies were brought to the mortuary and a post-mortem
examination was performed on each.
Following the resignation of the mortuary attendant in September
the mortuary was temporarily closed and arrangements made with the
Wimbledon Borough Council for bodies to be received in the mortuary at
Gap Road, Wimbledon.