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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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1952
Summary or notifications during the period from 1st January, 1969 to
31st December, 1969.
Formal Notification
Age Periods | Number of Primery Notifications of new ceses of Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||
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0- | r- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 16- | 20- | 25- | 36- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total (ell ages | |
- | ||||||||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rehousing of Tuberculous Patients
4 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 1969, 55 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) | 35 | 63.6 |
B, or T.B. plus, 1 (early cases, sputum positive) | 4 | 7.3 |
B, or T.B. plus, 2 (intermediate cases, sputum positive) | 16 | 29.1 |
B, or T.B. plus, 3 (advanced cases, sputum positive) | 55 | 100.0% |
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis
There were 8 cases examined at the Clinic and found to have Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis in the following forms:—
Bones and Joints | 1 |
Abdominal | 2 |
Other Organs | 1 |
Peripheral Glands | 4 |