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Croydon 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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73
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of specimens examined during the year amounted
to 272, 8 of these being from patients already in the Hospital. Out
of the total number of examinations 72 were found to contain the
tubercle bacillus.

Table: The following table shows the number of specimens examined for the detection of B. Tuberculosis during 1910:-RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

The following table shows the number of specimens examined for the detection of B. Tuberculosis during 1910:-

RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

1910.Examinations for the Borough.Examinations for the Hospital.Total.
All Examinations.All Examinations.All Examinations.
+-Total+-Total+-Total
January21214---21214
February21921-1122022
March92433---92433
April62632---62632
May101323123111526
June41620---41620
July41418-1141519
August15722---15722
September71623---71623
October22123-2222325
November61319---61319
December41216-1141317
First Quarter135568-11135669
Second ,,205575123215778
Third „263763-11263864
Fourth ,,124658-33124961
Total7119326417872200272