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Malden and Coombe 1962
[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 0.000 as compared with the rate for England and Wales of 0.066.
24 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during the
year, 3 more than in 1961.
At the end of the year the following numbers of cases were suffering from the disease and living in the district, the total being 7 more than the previous year.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 106 | 4 |
| Females | 84 | 7 |
MORTUARY
The Council's mortuary is still closed and the arrangements
continued with the Wimbledon Borough Council for bodies to be received
in the mortuary at Gap Road,, Wimbledon. 66 bodies were received in
the mortuary.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT. 1948
Section 47.
It was necessary to take action under this Act for the removal
to hospital of one person during the year. Preventive work is constantly
carried out for old people brought to the notice of the Public Health
Department as being possibly in need of care and attention. In all
cases it was fbund possible to maintain the old people either in their
own homes with the help of the various Statutory and Voluntary Services
available, or by gaining their voluntary admission to hospital or to
County Welfare Homes.
Section 50.
Unier the provisions of Section 50 of the National Assistance
Act, 1948, it was necessary during the year to arrange far two burials.