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Croydon 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the notification Register on 31st December, 1957.

Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the notification Register on 31st December, 1957.

RESPIRATORYNON-RESPIRATORYTotal Cases
WalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotal
1. 2028902,09 278991772,269

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CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS
Respiratory Tuberculosis
During 1957, 139 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 (Scutum negative or absent) 83 or 59.7
8, or T. B. plus, 1 (early cases, sputum
positive) 12 or 8.6
B, or T. B. plus, 2 (intermediate cases,
sputum positive) 42 or 30.2
B, or T. B. plus, 3 (advanced cases,
sputum positive) 2 or 1.5
139 100.01
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis
There were 15 cases examined at the Clinic and found to
have Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis in the following forms:-
Bones and Joints 3
Abdominal 1
Other Organs 4
Peripheral Glands 7
15