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Croydon 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SUPPLEMENTAL RETURN.
New capes of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health d uring the period from 1st January, 1941 to 91st December 1941, otherwise then by formal notification.
| Age periods | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 30-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45- 55 | 55-65 | 65 and upwards | Total cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary males. | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| ,, females | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28 |
| Non-pulmonary males | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| ,, females | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 8 |
Notification Register.
Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Notification Register
on 31st December, 1941.
PULMONARY
HON-PULMONARY
Males
537
Females
467
Total
1,004
Males
115
Females
114
Total
229
Total
cases
1,233
CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
During 1941, 140 new patients were examined at the clinic and were found to be in the undermentioned stager of the disease on the first examination:-
| T.B. minus (sputum negative or absent) | 50 or 25.7% |
| T.B, plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) | 6 or 4.3% |
| T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum positive) | 64 or 45.7% |
| T.B, plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum positive) | 20 or 14.3% |
| 140 or 100.0% |
This is 6 more than in 1940.
AGES AT DEATH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
| Year | 0-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | £5-45 | 45-65 | Over 65. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | - | 35 | 55 | 40 | 8 | 140 | |
| 1933 | - | 22 | 46 | 40 | 8 | 119 | |
| 1939 | - | - | 19 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 96 |
| 1940 | - | l | 18 | 61 | 38 | 10 | 128 |
| 1941 | - | 2 | 11 | 32 | 12 | 90 |
In 1941 the death rate from all forms of Tuberculosis was 0.59 per 1,000
population.
The rate for Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 0.49 and the rate for Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis 0.10. Similar figures for 1940 were 0.74, 0.64, and 0.10.
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