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Croydon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952
Summary of notifications during the period from 1st January, 1967 to
31st December, 1967.
| 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 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | - | 50 |
| Respiratory, Females | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 31 |
| Non-Respiratory, Males | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Non-Respiratory, Females | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | |
Rehousing of Tuberculous Patients
2 families were re-housed specifically on the grounds of the presence
of infective tuberculosis, so that the patient could have a separate bedroom.
CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS
Respiratory Tuberculosis
During 1967, 57 new patients examined at the clinic were found to be in the undermentioned stages of the disease at the first examination.
| A, or T.B. minus (Sputum negative or absent) | 31 | 54.4 |
| B, or T.B. plus, 1 (early cases, sputum positive) | 6 | 10.5 |
| B, or T.B. plus, 2 (intermediate cases, sputum positive) | 18 | 31.6 |
| B, or T.B, plus, 3 (advanced cases, sputum positive) | 2 | 3.5 |
| 57 | 100.0% |
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis
There were 8 cases examined at the Clinic and found to have NonRespiratory
Tuberculosis in the following forms:-
Bones and Joints 1
Abdominal 1
Other Organs 2
Peripheral Glands 4
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