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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
At the end of the year four hundred and fifty-two persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:-
| Pulmonary. | Non - Pulmonary. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 240 | 19 | ||||||||
| Females | 161 | 32 | ||||||||
| NEW CASES | DEATHS | |||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | non-Pulmonary | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| Under 1 year | - | — | - | - | — | — | - | - | ||
| 1-4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5-14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 15 - 24 | 13 | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |||
| 25 - 34 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| 35 - 44 | 13 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 45 - 54 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | ||
| 55 - 64 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Totals: | 51 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
Of the 110 cases tabulated above 47 are cases transferred from
other districts.
At the commencement of the year there were four hundred and
thirty-four cases of tuberculosis on the register and at the end of
the year this figure had increased to four hundred and fifty-two.
During the year 26 were notified as recovered from the disease,
45 left the district, there were 18 deaths and 3 were non-tuberculous.
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