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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 LXVIII. PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
| Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates. | Previous to 1926 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. plus i | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. plus | Class T.B. plus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class 1 T.B. minus | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Class T.B. minus | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (ClassT.B. plus) | Class T.B. minus | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Class T.B. minus | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Class T.B. minus | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Class T.B. minus | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | Class T.B. minus | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Total (Class T.B. plus) | |||
| (a) Remaining on Dispensary Register on December 31st. | Disease Arrested | Adults M | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | - | 9 | 8 | 9 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Children | 10 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Disease not Arrested | Adults M | 1 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 45 | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | _- | 17 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 18 | - | 25 | 23 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 53 | 29 | 7 | 47 | 21 | 75 | |
| F | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | - | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 13 | — | 16 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 28 | 29 | — | 45 | 9 | 54 | ||
| Children | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Condition not ascertained during the year | 5 | 2 | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total on Dispensary Register at 31st December | 54 | 47 | 51 | 13 | 111 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 15 | - | 38 | 35 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 45 | 38 | 11 | 34 | — | 45 | 56 | 13 | 66 | 6 | 85 | 63 | 7 | 92 | 30 | 129 | ||
| (b) Not now on Dispensary Register and reasons for removal therefrom. | Discharged as Recovered | Adults M | 165 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 143 | 8 | 3 | — | 11 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | ||
| Children | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | ||||||||||||||
| Lost sight of, or otherwise removed from Dispensary Register | 222 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 31 | " | 26 | 6 | 48 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 11 | - | 24 | 21 | 5 | 26 | — | 31 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 24 j | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Dead | Adults M | 18 | 23 | 40 | 47 | 110 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 55 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 51 i | 3 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | |||
| F | 14 | 5 | 21 | 54 | 80 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 32 | 4 | — | 12 | 8 | 20 | — | — | 1 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Children | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | - | - | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | -— | 1 | ||
| Total written off Dispensary Register | 659 | 93 | 108 | 115 | 316 | 52 | 54 | 69 | 31 | 154 | 21 | 26 | 63 | 25 | 114 | 30 | 17 | 58 | 14 | 89 | 27 | 9 | 82 | 24 | 115 | 19 | 7 | 41 | 23 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 32 | 54 | ||
| Grand Totals | 713 | 140 | 159 | 128 | 427 | 61 | 67 | 84 | 33 | 184 | 43 | 49 | 78 | 25 | 152 | 65 | 28 | 90 | 16 | 134 | 65 | 20 | 116 | 24 | 160 | 75 | 20 | 107 | 29 | 156 | 72 | 8 | 113 | 62 | 183 | ||