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 number of specimens examined during the year amounted
to 698, of which 72 were from patients already in the Hospital.
Out of the total number 196 were found to contain the tubercle
bacillus.
The following table shows the number of specimens examined
for the bacillus tuberculosis during 1914.
RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
1914. | Examinations for the Borough. | Examinations for the Hospital. | Total. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Examinations. | All Examinations. | All Examinations. | |||||||
+ | — | Total | + | — | Total | + | — | Total | |
January | 14 | 64 | 78 | 5 | — | 5 | 19 | 64 | 83 |
February | 15 | 53 | 68 | 6 | — | 6 | 21 | 53 | 74 |
March | 15 | 59 | 74 | 5 | — | 5 | 20 | 59 | 79 |
April | 5 | 61 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 62 | 70 |
May | 12 | 46 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 64 |
June | 12 | 36 | 48 | 6 | — | 6 | 18 | 36 | 54 |
July | 10 | 31 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 53 |
August | 19 | 26 | 45 | 7 | — | 7 | 26 | 26 | 52 |
September | 12 | 28 | 40 | 2 | — | 2 | 14 | 28 | 42 |
October | 9 | 37 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 58 |
November | 9 | 22 | 31 | — | — | — | 9 | 22 | 31 |
December | 8 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 38 |
First Quarter | 44 | 176 | 220 | 16 | — | 16 | 60 | 176 | 236 |
Second „ | 29 | 143 | 172 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 148 | 188 |
Third „ | 41 | 85 | 126 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 61 | 86 | 147 |
Fourth „ | 26 | 82 | 108 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 92 | 127 |
Total | 140 | 486 | 626 | 56 | 16 | 72 | 196 | 502 | 698 |