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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
At the end of the year 301 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:-
| Sex | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 173 | 9 | ||||||
| Females | 101 | 18 | ||||||
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5-14 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 - 24 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - 34 | 14 | 11 | - | _ | 1 | - | - | - |
| 35 - 44 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 - 54 | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 55 - 64 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 and over | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
Of the 71 new cases tabulated above 46 were transferred from
other districts.
At the commencement of the year there were 349 cases of
tuberculosis on the register and at the end of the year this figure
had decreased to 301, the lowest figure for the last ten years.
During the year 63 were notified as recovered from the disease,
47 left the district; there were 8 deaths and 1 was found to be
non-tubercular.
21.