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Malden and Coombe 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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The death rate from respiratory tuberculosis per 1,000 of the population
was 0.022 as compared with the rate for England and Wales of 0.047.
13 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during the year,
1 less than in 1963.
At the end of the year the following numbers of cases were suffering from the disease and living in the district, the total being 9 less than the previous year.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 99 | 5 |
| Females | 61 | 8 |
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. 44 bodies were received in the mortuary.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT. 1943
Section 47.
It was necessary to take action under this Act for the removal to
hospital of two persons 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. Usually it is
found 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.
Under the provisions of Section 50 of the National Assistance Act,
1948, it was necessary during the year to arrange for two burials.