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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TUBERCULOSIS
At the end of the year 413 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:-
| Sex | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 220 | 15 | ||||||
| Females | 148 | 30 | ||||||
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
| pulmonary | Non-PuImonary | pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 - 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 - 14 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 - 24 | 7 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - 34 | 14 | 12 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 35 - 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 - 54 | 6 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 55 -64 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| 65 and over | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 48 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | - | 1 |
Of the 92 new cases tabulated above 38 were transferred from
other districts.
At the commencement of the year there were 433 cases of
tuberculosis on the register and at the end of the year this figure
had decreased to 4-13
During the year 47 were notified as recovered from the disease,
48 left the district, there were 13 deaths and 4 were found to be
non-tubercular.
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