Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The following table shows the great improvement in mortality from tuberculosis over the last forty years.
Tuberculosis (All Forms) | Tuberculosis (All Foras) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-15 years | All ages | 0-15 years | All ages | ||||||
Year | Number of Deaths | Death rate per thousand of population * | Number of Deaths | Death rate per thousand of population * | Year | Number of Deaths | Death rate per thousand of population * | Number of Deaths | Deati rate per thousand of population * |
1923 | 25 | - | 190 | 0.98 | 1944 | 9 | - | 105 | 0.57 |
1924 | 18 | - | 188 | 0.96 | 1945 | 9 | - | 92 | 0.46 |
1925 | 27 | - | 181 | 0.91 | 1946 | 7 | - | 105 | 0.47 |
1926 | 27 | - | 208 | 1.01 | 1947 | 4 | 0.08 | 105 | 0.44 |
1927 | 15 | - | 203 | 0. 96 | 1948 | 3 | 0.06 | 111 | 0.45 |
1928 | 24 | - | 206 | 0.96 | 1949 | 6 | 0.12 | 94 | 0.38 |
1929 | 21 | - | 178 | 0.80 | 19 50 | 4 | 0.08 | 65 | 0.27 |
1930 | 15 | - | 175 | 0.79 | 1951 | 3 | 0.06 | 64 | 0.25 |
1931 | 18 | 0. 36 | 177 | 0.75 | 1952 | - | - | 54 | 0.22 |
1932 | 10 | - | 166 | 0.70 | 1953 | 2 | 0.04 | 37 | 0.15 |
1933 | 13 | - | 184 | 0.77 | 1954 | 1 | 0.02 | 32 | 0.13 |
1934 | 10 | - | 157 | 0. 65 | 1955 | 1 | 0.02 | 35 | 0.14 |
1935 | 9 | - | 176 | 0.71 | 1956 | - | - | 26 | 0.10 |
1936 | 11 | - | 151 | 0. 60 | 1957 | - | - | 33 | 0.13 |
1937 | 11 | - | 155 | 0..64 | 1958 | - | - | 20 | 0.08 |
1938 | 12 | - | 137 | 0. 56 | 19 59 | - | - | 25 | 0.10 |
1939 | 6 | - | 107 | 0. 46 | 1960 | - | - | 20 | 0.08 |
1940 | 8 | - | 146 | 0.74 | 1961 | - | - | 21 | 0.08 |
1941 | 10 | - | 111 | 0. 59 | 1962 | - | - | 14 | 0.06 |
1942 | 8 | - | 116 | 0. 63 | 1963 | - | - | 21 | 0.08 |
1943 | 9 | - | 120 | 0. 62 |
*Prior to 1947. rates only available for Census years