[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hew Cases and Mortality - Tuberculosis - 1941. h Nw Cases. ' Deaths. A ge Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary. Periods. pile \ Female. Male . Female. Ma 13 . Female .j Ma le . Female. | 0-1 1 f 1-5 2 - 1 - - 1 5-10 3 2 - - - 10-15 - - 1 2 - - - - 15-20 2 - - - - - - 20-25 1 5 - 1 - - - - 25-55 c O 2 - - 1 - ... 1 55-45 6 - - - 1 1 - - 45-55 5 1 - ■ i 5 - -• - 55-65 i o 1 ! 2 - _ - 65 and upwards 2 1 - 1 1 1 . TOTALS , . 22 15 5 ; ’ 1 6 1 10 2 i 2 Deaths from Tuberculosis. Five-yearly Period. No .of Pulmonary Deaths. Pulmonary Death Rate . j No.of non- Pulmonary Deaths. Total Deaths. Tubercu¬ losis Death Rate. 1891-1895 174 1.21 105 277 1.93 1896-1900 151 0.86 91 222 1»45 1901-1905 167 0.98 61 228 1.34 1906-1910 154 0.87 48 202 1.3.3 1911-1915 133 0.75 46 179 1.00 193.6-1920 144 0.87 64 208 1.27 1921-1925 112 0.65 32 144 0.84 1926-1930 106 0.61 21 127 0.73 1931-1955 66 0.38 19 85 0 49 1956-1940 61 0.34 13 74 0.41 1941 12 - 2 14 - NON-1:10 TIE I ABLE TNFRCTIOUS DISEASES; During the year under review, Chicken-Fox was prevalent in the early months. Other minor infections were sma 11 in arnount. DISINFECTION AND DIS.TINFESTATION: 720 disinfectant baths were given to 182 persons during the year: this was due to an increase in Scabies; personal clothing was disinfected in the steam sack disinfector at the Cleansing Centre. There is need for a large steam disinfector of Washington-Lyon or similar type, so that blankets, sheets, and especially mattresses may be adequately dealt with. Spraying these with bacterol1' chemical disinfectant is carried out in a cellar fitted up for the purnose. Bulk disinfection when needed is carried out in a Washing bor-Lvon Disinfector at Dislingbury Smallpox Hospital, some miles from the Town. Disinfection of rooms, after the occurrence of infectious cases, was carried out on 120 occasions.
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