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Surbiton 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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TUBERCULOSIS
At the end of the year 206 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district.
| Sex | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 113 | 4 |
| Females | 76 | 13 |
TUBERCULOSIS
At the end of the year 206 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 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 - 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - 34 | 5 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 - 44 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 - 54 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 55-64 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 65 and over | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Of the 43 new cases tabulated above 15 were transferred from
other districts.
At the commencement of the year there were 208 cases of
tuberculosis on the register and at the end of the year this figure
had decreased to 206 the lowest for the last ten years.
During the year 20 were notified as recovered from the disease;
15 left the district; there were 8 deaths and two were non-tubercular.
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