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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
Surbiton 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TUBERCULOSIS
Under the Public Health Tuberculosis Regulations a register
of all notifications is kept and weekly returns of cases are sent
to the County Medical Officer. The continual movement of cases
from one district to another requires constant supervision so that
particulars may be brought up to date and represent a true record.
At the end of the year 416 persons were shown to be suffering from the disease and living within the districts-
| Pul. | Non. Pul. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 190 | 43 | |||||||
| Females | 145 | 38 | |||||||
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1-4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 5-14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 - 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | |
| 25 - 34 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| 35 - 44 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| 45 - 54 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | |
| 55 - 64 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 47 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | |
Of the newly notified cases of Tuberculosis, the highest
incidence is in the 15 - 24 age group.
Overcrowding is, no doubt, a contributory factor to the spread
of the disease. Many patients are living with relatives or in
lodgings in very cramped and unsatisfactory conditions, and this
state of affairs cannot be remedied until houses are built in
sufficiently large numbers.
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