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Croydon 1952

[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, 1952:—

Notification Register.

Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Notification Register on 31st December, 1952:—

RESPIRATORY.NON-RESPIRATORY.Total Cases.
Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
105879318511261262522103

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CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Respiratory Tuberculosis.
During 1952, 193 of the new patients examined at the Clinic
were found to be in the undermentioned stages of the disease on
the first examination:—
A, or T.B. minus (sputum negative or absent)
96 or 49.8%
B, or T.B. plus 1 (early cases sputum positive)
19 or 9.8%
B, or T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum
positive)
70 or 36.2%
B, or T.B. plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum
positive)
8 or 4.2%
193
100.0%

Table: Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis.There were 18 cases examined at the Clinic and found to have Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis in the following forms:—

Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis.

There were 18 cases examined at the Clinic and found to have Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis in the following forms:—

Bones and Joints7
Abdominal—
Other Organs6
Peripheral Glands5
18