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Croydon 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN,
New c a se s of Tube rculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during parrow f rom t h e 1st.
| Age periods | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45 -55 | 55 - 65 | 65 and . upwards, | Total Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary males. | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | _ | 25 | |
| ,, Females. | - | 1 | _ | - | 6 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 36 | ||
| Non-Pulmonary Males. | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | |||
| ,, Females. | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | ~ | - | - | - | 7 |
N otification Register.
Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on t h e Notification Register on the 31st. December 1940.
| PUIMONARY. | NON-PULMONARY. | Total Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| 463 | 990 | 104 | 115 | 219 | 1209 | |
CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1940,134 new. patients were examined at the Clinic and were found
to be in the undermentioned stages of the disease on the first examination:-
T.B . minus.( Sputum negative or absent) 53 or 39.5%
T.B. plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) 7 or 5.2%
T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum positive) 43 or 32.1%
T.B. plus 3 (advanced cases, Sputum positive) 31 or 23.1%
134 or 100.0%
This is 38 fewer than in 1939.
AGES AT D E AT H F ROM P ULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS .
| Year. | 0-5 | 5-15 | 15 - 25 | 25 - 45 | 45 - 65 | Over 65. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | — | 2 | 35 | 55 | 40 | 8 | 14.0 |
| 1938 | — | 3 | 22 | 46 | 40 | 8 | 119 |
| 1939 | — | — | 19 | 44 | 30 | 3 | |
| 1940 | — | 1 | 18 | 61 | 38 | 10 | 123 |
In 1940 the deaf rate from all forms of Tuberculosis was 0.74 per 1,000
population.
The rate for Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 0.64 and the rate for Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis 0.1. Similar figures for 1939 were 0.46, 0.41 and 0.05.
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