[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City.

  • Carlisle (England). City Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nut nber of Prim; try No tifications of new cz ses of Tuberculosis Periods 0-1 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65 & up- wards Total (all ages) Pulmonary— Males — — — 1 1 5 4 5 1 1 7 34 Females . . — — 1 1 1 2 6 4 — 3 4 22 Non- Pulmonary Males . . 1 1 2 Females — — — — — — 1 1 — 1 — 3 Totals — — 1 2 2 2 13 9 5 16 11 61 There was 1 further case of pulmonary tuberculosis brought to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification. Pulmonary — M. 55-65 Age Group. The mass radiography unit allotted to the Special Area has con- tinued in operation throughout the year, whilst a second static unit has been in operation since the beginning of 1960. Although scarcely three months have elapsed (at the time of writing this report), since the static unit started operations there is no doubt that both units, and particularly the static unit, are valuable case finding measures. The sex and age distribution of the new cases seen in 1959 are set out in Table 9 and apply to the City of Carlisle, the figures in paren- thesis being for the whole of the East Cumberland Hospital Manage- ment Committee area including the Eastern Division of the County of Cumberland and North Westmorland. TABLE 9. Under 5 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-1- RESPIRATORY Males - (1) Females - (1) 2(2) 2(4) 2(5) 3 (7) 4(6) 5(12) 4(8) 5(10) 7(14) - (3) 12 (20) 3 (5) 6 (11) 4(7) NON-RESPIRATORY Males - (-) Females - (-) -(-) -(-) - (1) 1 (3) 1 (1) 2 (4) - (1) 1 (2) 1 (2) 1 (2) -(-) 1 (2) -(1) -(2) Table 10 gives the pulmonary notifications, again for 1959, but classified into those who are infectious and those who are non-infectious at the time of their initial examination. The extent of the disease is also shown. The figures in parenthesis are again for the whole of the East Cumberland Hospital Management Committee area. 2^