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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table LXI. TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age periods. | 1931 Population at age period, (estimated) | Pulmonary, | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases. | All Cases. | New Cases. | All Cases. | |||||||||||||||
| Number. | Incidence Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate (based on 1931 figures). | Number. | Incidence Kate. | Deaths. | Death Kate (based on 1931 est. figs.) | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under one year | 2064 | 1896 | 1 | 1 | 0 48 | 0.53 | 1 | 0.48 | 1 | 0.53 | ||||||||
| 1— 5 years | 7035 | 1 | 0.15 | 3 | 0.45 | 3 | 0.90 | 0 42 | 1 | 3 | , 0.15 | 0.42 | ||||||
| 5—10 ,, | 10908 | 10052 | 4 | 1 | 0 37 | 7 | 5 | 0.64 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | ||||||
| 10—15 | 11561 | 11003 | 3 | 5 | 0 26 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.09 | 5 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.09 | ||||||
| 15—20 ,, | 9511 | 10261 | 19 | 23 | 2.24 | 4 | 9 | 0.42 | 0.87 | 4 | 0.42 | 0.78 | 0 19 | |||||
| 7381 | 9551 | 30 | 25 | 4.06 | 2.62 | 1.08 | 2 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 31 | ||||||||
| 25—35 „ | 15097 | 19873 | 49 | 50 | 3.25 | 18 | 15 | 1.19 | 0.76 | 3 | 0 30 | 5 | 0.25 | |||||
| 35-45 , | 16812 | 20483 | 39 | 24 | 2.32 | 1. 17 | 10 | 0.49 | 3 | 3 | 0.18 | 0 15 | ||||||
| 45—55 | 13424 | 15409 | 16 | 9 | 1.19 | 0 58 | 15 | 9 | 0.59 | 2 | 0.15 | 0.13 | ||||||
| 55—65 ,, | 8016 | 9774 | 12 | 2.24 | 1.23 | 10 | 7 | 1.25 | 0.72 | 2 | 0.2,5 | 1 | 012 | |||||
| 65 and upwards | 10196 | 6 | 5 | 0.98 | 0.49 | 3 | 0.98 | 0.29 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | |||||||
| Totals | 87 | 68 | 0.81 | 14 | 0.11 | |||||||||||||
In the above table the death rate is based upon the total deaths in 1931,and not on deaths in New Cases only.