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Croydon 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
During 1943, 215 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) 101 or 47.0%
T.B. plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) 17 or 7.9%
T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum
positive) 74 or 34.4%
T.B. plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum positive) 23 or 10.7%
215 100.0%
This is 56 more than in 1942, an increase of 35.2 per cent.
| Year. | 0—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | Over 65. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | — | 2 | 35 | 55 | 40 | 8 | 140 |
| 1938 | — | 3 | 22 | 46 | 40 | 8 | 119 |
| 1939 | — | — | 19 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 96 |
| 1940 | — | 1 | 18 | 61 | 38 | 10 | 128 |
| 1941 | — | 2 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 90 |
| 1942 | — | — | 15 | 50 | 33 | 8 | 106 |
| 1943 | 1 | — | 18 | 38 | 39 | 11 | 107 |
In 1943 the death-rate from all forms of Tuberculosis was
0.62 per 1,000 population.
The rate for Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 0.54 and the rate
for Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.08. Similar figures for 1942
were 0.63, 0.54 and 0.09.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
In 1943 the total number of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis
was approximately the same as in 1942. Most of the
deaths in men occurred after the 25th year, whereas in women
the greater proportion of deaths occurred in the earlier age
groups.