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Croydon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TableLVIII.New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the period from the 28th December, 1930, to the 2nd Januarys 1932, otherwise than by notification on Form A under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930:—

TableLVIII.

New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the period from the 28th December, 1930, to the 2nd Januarys 1932, otherwise than by notification on Form A under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930:—

Age periods0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3635 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Cases
Pulmonary Males11......249812...28
„ Females1......12412812...31
Non-Pulmonary Males...2...11...21...1...8
„ „ Females...1125...22...2...15

Table: The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are shown below.—

The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are shown below.—

Source of Information.No. of Cases.
Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
Death Returns (i.e., from local Registrars, or transferable deaths from Registrar General)1410
"Transfers " from other areas (other than transferable deaths)4311
Posthumous notifications12
Other Sources (form "C")1...

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The Mortality from Tuberculosis.
The following Table shows the intervals of time elapsing
between the date of notification of a patient as suffering from
Pulmonary Tuberculosis and the date of his death from that complaint.
In the total of 155 deaths during 1931, 41 (26.4%) were
either not notified at all or only notified within a month prior to
death. In 1930 this figure was 30 or 19.4%.
18 of these were not notified during life. Of these 18, 6 were
certified by the Coroner or discovered after a post-mortem examination
had been held; 2 died outside the Borough; 7 were cases of
fulminating or complicated cases of Tuberculosis; 3 cases were not
notified owing to a misunderstanding.