[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Kettering Borough.

  • Kettering (England). Borough Council. no2009140039.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Kettering Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS This year there is a decrease in the death rate and notifications of respiratory tuberculosis. Fortunately there is now very little delay before notified cases are admitted to a sanatorium. The T.B. Care Committee undertakes the care and after-care of patients suffering from tuberculosis and gives valuable assistance to patients and their families, by the provision of milk, groceries, etc. to suitable cases. The Northamptonshire County Council is the authority responsible for tuberculosis in the Borough. ^Nineteen cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 5 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified in 1953. In 1952 the figures were 32 and 3 respectively. The Registrar-General returns the number of deaths from tuberculosis as: pulmonary 10, non-pulmonary 1. These figures differ from those compiled locally which are given in the following table. In 1952 the figures given by the Registrar-General were 14 and 1. New cases and Mortality during 1953 Age Periods New Cases. Deaths. Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Under 1 yr — — — — — — — — 1 to 5 — — 2 — ■—• — 1 — 5 to 10 -— 1 — — — — — — 10 to 15 — — — — — — — •— 15 to 20 — 1 — — — — — •— 20 to 25 4 1 1 — — — — — 25 to 35 1 3 — ■— 2 — — —■ 35 to 45 1 1 — — — — — — 45 to 55 3 1 — —- 2 — —- — 55 to 65 2 — — 1 — — — — 65 and over — — 1 — 1 — — Totals ! 1 8 ! 4 1 5 1 _ Form 1. (Patients admitted to Sanatoria) 25 Form 11. (Patients discharged from Sanatoria) 22