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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The incidence rate of Tuberculosis of all forms was 1.47 per
1,000 of the population; for Respiratory Tuberculosis 1.32, and
for Non-Respiratory 0.14 per 1,000 population. The notification
rate was 1.09 per 1,000. In 1949 the corresponding figures were
1.22, 1.06, 0.16 and 0.94 per 1,000.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
Summary of notifications during the period from 1st January, 1950, to 31st December, 1950:—
FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS.
| Age Periods | Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total (all ages) | |
| Respiratory, Males | - | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 22 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 146 |
| Respiratory, Females | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 102 |
| Non-Respiratory, Males | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 | |
| Non-Respiratory, Females | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 16 |