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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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T ABLE LIII. TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age periods. | 1921 Census Population at age period. | Pulmonary, | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases, | All Cases. | New Cases. | All Cases. | |||||||||||||||
| Number. | Incidence Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate (based on 1921 census). | Number. | Incidence Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate (based on 1921 census). | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | At | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under one ye»r | 1757 | 1668 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 0.57 | 0.60 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.60 |
| 1— 5 years | 5485 | 5475 | ... | 2 | ... | 0.36 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.18 | 7 | 4 | 1.28 | 0.73 | 3 | 2 | 0.55 | 0.36 |
| 6—10 „ | 8820 | 8690 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0.12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | 1.13 | 0.23 | 3 | ... | 0.34 | ... |
| 10—15 „ | 9328 | 9478 | 6 | 4 | 0.64 | 0.42 | 1 | 2 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 5 | 4 | 0.54 | 0.42 | 2 | ... | 0.21 | ... |
| 15—20 „ | 7678 | 8864 | 16 | 23 | 2.08 | 2.59 | 7 | 15 | 0.91 | 1.69 | 1 | 4 | 0.13 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.13 | ||
| 20—25 „ | 6004 | 8233 | 24 | 28 | 4.0 | 3.40 | 9 | 9 | 1.41 | 1.09 | 4 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.24 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.12 |
| 25-35 „ | 12134 | 16086 | 41 | 38 | 3.38 | 2.36 | 24 | 11 | 1.98 | 0.68 | 2 | 11 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 1 | ... | 0.08 | ... |
| 35—45 „ | 13153 | 16498 | 34 | 24 | 2.69 | 1.46 | 14 | 8 | 1.07 | 0.49 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 | 0 18 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.06 |
| 45-55 „ | 10885 | 12860 | 29 | 9 | 2.66 | 0.70 | 17 | 9 | 1.56 | 0.70 | 2 | 1 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 1 | ... | 0.09 | ... |
| 65—65 „ | 6532 | 8187 | 10 | 10 | 1.53 | 1.22 | 13 | 6 | 1.99 | 0.73 | 3 | 2 | 0.46 | 0.24 | 2 | 1 | 0.31 | 0.12 |
| 65 and upwards | 4814 | 8055 | 8 | 4 | 1.66 | 0.49 | 7 | 1 | 1.45 | 0.12 | 2 | 2 | 0.42 | 2.48 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0.12 |
| Totals | 86590 | 104094 | 169 | 143 | 1.95 | 1.37 | 92 | 62 | 1.06 | 0.60 | 39 | 36 | 0.45 | 0.34 | 14 | 7 | 0.16 | 0.07 |
| In the above table the death rate is based upon the total deaths in 1930.and not on deaths in new Cases only. | ||||||||||||||||||