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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TUBERCULOSIS
At the end of the year 349 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:
| Sex | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 195 | 13 |
| Females | 121 | 20 |
At the end of the year 349 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 - 14 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 - 24 | 7 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - 34 | 10 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 35 - 44 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 45 - 54 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | — |
| 55 - 64 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 65 and over | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | — | - |
Of the 75 new cases tabulated above 38 were transferred from
other districts.
At the commencement of the year there were 390 cases of
tuberculosis on the register and at the end of the year this
figure had decreased to 349.
During the year 54 were notified as recovered from the
disease, 45 left the district, there were 15 deaths and 2 were
found to be non-tubercular.
It is pleasing to record that 349 persons remaining on
the Tuberculosis Register at the end of the year is the lowest
for the last ten years.
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