[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex County Council.

  • Middlesex (England). County Council. n 99020326.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS NOT / F / CAT! O N AMO DEATH RATES IN MlDDLESEX /9 40 - I960 ft. at a f>°P par /OOO u I at ion Notification rata par /000 population Dczath rata par /ooo population The numbei of patients examined for the first time at the chest clinics in the County was 58,153, which is a decrease of 2,549 from the number seen last year, and of this number 1,165 were found to be suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. The number of new contacts of these cases examined was 10,388 and 113 new cases were found among these contacts. The percentage is small, but nevertheless it is an important part of the work in controlling the spread of this disease. At the end of the year 19,735 patients remained on the tubercu¬ losis registers maintained by the chest clinics. The following tables show the percentage incidence among patients examined, including contacts and the total number of patients on registers at the end of each year over the past ten years. B