[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C.

  • Leatherhead (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculos 3 s (cent*) + In 3 oases the oause of death was attributed to tuberculosis* At the end of the year there v/ere 153 names on the register as compared with 177 at the end of the corresponding period last yeaz0 Notification of Tuberculosis Seven primary notifications of tuberculosis were received from medical practitioners of persons certified to be suffering from that disease* These concerned residents of the district in whom the diseaso was recognised for the first time* In Table VI they are classified by sex and age. In Table VII the number of new cases each year since 1934 and the resultant incidence rates have been tabulated. The figures illustrate the improvement in outlook which has taken place in regard to this disoase* BfGnCo Vaccination This treatment is available at Chest Clinics to contacts in the family of tuberculous persons, if preliminary testing shows that they have not already been infected* It has also been offered to children approaching school leaving age. The treatment inschools is carried out by the staff of the Divisional Medical Officer, who has provided the following information relating to the work done in local schools in 1961* Communications were sent to the parents of schoolchildren ascertained to be in the age group concerned, with the following results No* offered treatment 517 No* consenting 350 (equivalent to 69*6%) No, vaccinated 321 ( 62cO%) Eleven were found to bo positive to the preliminary Mantoux test and were, therefore, excluded from subsequent treatment, EPSOM. LEATHERHEAD AND DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE Tho Epsom, Leatherhead and District Tuberculosis Care Committee has continued its work with energy during tho year under the Chairmanship of Alderman Mrs, A. Winter* Members of the Committee include roprosentor- tives of tho Leatherhead Urban District Council, Epson and Ewell Borough Council, Associations and Societies interested in social welfare and officers engaged in work connected with health, welfare and relief. Thus the Committee is in a good position to help solve the special problems of the tuberculous person and tho household to which he belongs, and much valuable work has been done. MASS RADIOGRAPHYo Information has been received from the Medical Director of tho Mass Radiography Service that during the year a unit visited industrial concerns in Leatherhead and 3,864 persons were X—rayed. Sessions for the examination of the general public were also held and 2,081 persons attended* As a result of these investigations 8 cases of tuberculosis and 4 cases of lung cancer were detected* A mobilo unit also attends at Bookham at fortnightly intervals, setting up in the Old Grown Car Park, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 2,45 p«m, to 3,30 p*m« This scheme is intended to encourage the X-ray examination of patients attending their doctors for symptoms referable to diseases of the chest* Forty-six persons were investigated* No pathological abnormalities were detected* (20)