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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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Table: Notification Register.Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Notification Register on 31st December, 1950:—

Notification Register.

Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Notification Register on 31st December, 1950:—

RESPIRATORY.NON-RESPIRATORY.Total Cases.
Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
9277391666125Ill2361902

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CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Respiratory Tuberculosis.
During 1950, 232 of the new patients examined at the Clinic
were found to be in the undermentioned stages of the disease on
the first examination:—
T.B. minus (sputum negative or absent) 128 or 55.2%
T.B. plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) 20 or 8.6%
T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum
positive) 78 or 33.6%
T.B. Plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum
positive) 6 or 2.6%
232 100.0%
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis.
There were 21 cases examined at the Clinic and found to have
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis in the following lorms:—
Bones and Joints 7
Abdominal 3
Other Organs 4
Peripheral Glands 7
21