[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne & Chippenham R.D.C.

  • Calne and Chippenham (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne & Chippenham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/70 (page 7)
    TUBERCULOSIS UeviT cases of tuberculosis notified and confirmed by the County Chest Physician during the year, with comparative figures for previous years since 194S> are given belov/. UEW CASES NOTIFIED PURMO YEAR PULMONARY NON-PULMONARY TOTAL 1948 14 7 21 1949 11 10 21 1950 30 2 32 1951 26 7 33 1952 23 5 28 1953 24 8 32 1954 8 3 11 1955 13 1 19 Of the total of cigliteen cases of Pulmonary Tuber- culosis notified during the yea r, Aflf'teen of that number virere notified by the Royal Air Force Medical Authorities in the district. NEV/ CASES AKD MORTALITY DURING 1955 ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEK, NEW CASES DEATHS, RESP. NON-RESP. RESP. NON-RESP. Mo Po M. P. LI, P, M, P, AGE PERIODS. 0 1 1 5 1 15 11 25 2 35 4 45 2 1 55 65 upv/ards. 1 TOTAL 15 3 1 H 1 1 @ Includes one Registered case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, but primary cause of death has been classified by The Registrar General as due to Carcinoma of Stomach, (see page 4) It should be noted that the above figures do not represent the total nunber of individuals suffering from Tuberculosis in the Rural District. In addition to the nev/ cases notified each year, a certain proportion of tuberculous persons either move into the district or move out. Resident in the Rural District at the end of 1955, according to the_ Registrar of Tuberculous Persons, were the following notified cases:- Males. Females, Total, Pulmonary 79 53 132 N on-Pulmona ry 25 50 Total:- 10 4 ■ -....m - 182