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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 1946
[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 415 persons were shown to be suffering from the disease and living within the district:-
| Pulm. | Non-Pulm. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 200 | 44 | ||||||
| Female3 | 136 | 35 | ||||||
| New Cases | Deaths | |||||||
| Pulmonary | Non -Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non -Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 - 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 15 - 24 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 25 - 34 | 16 | 10 | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 35 - 44 | 8 | 5 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 - 54 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 55 - 64 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Totals: | 47 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
Of the newly notified cases of tuberculosis, the highest
incidence is in the 25 - 34 age group.
Of the 88 cases tabulated above 31 are transferred from other
districts and 3 cases "previously removed restored to Register."
The table shows an increase compared with last year of 1
Pulmonary case of tuberculosis, and the non-pulmonary cases show a
decrease of 2. The deaths show a decrease of 5.
At the commencement of the year there wore 415 cases of
tuberculosis is on the register, and at the end of the year this figure
had decreased by one to 415.
During the year 12 cases were notified a3 recovered from the
disease, 49 patients left the district, there were 26 deaths and
2 were notified as being non-tuberculous.
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