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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
At the end of the year 221 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:-
| Sex | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 127 | 5 | ||||||||
| Females | 74 | 15 | ||||||||
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1-4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5 - 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 15 - 24 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 25 - 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 35 - 44 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 45 - 54 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| 55 - 64 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 65 and over | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | ||
Of the 37 new cases tabulated above 17 were transferred from other
districts.
At the commencement of the year there were 251 cases of tuberculosis
on the register and at the end of the year this figure had decreased to
221, the lowest for the last ten years.
During the year 32 were notified as recovered from the disease, 26
left the district ana there were 9 deaths.
18.