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Croydon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table LXI.
The diagnoses of the new cases entered in Notification Register during 1932 were as follows:—
| Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|
| Right Sacroiliac Joint | — | 2 |
| Left Tibia | 1 | — |
| Bladder | 1 | — |
| Glands | 6 | 9 |
| Mesenteric Glands | — | 1 |
| Spine | 8 | — |
| General Miliary | — | 1 |
| Chest Wall | — | 1 |
| Abdomen | 2 | 2 |
| Meninges | 2 | 6 |
| Peritoneum | 2 | 2 |
| Knee | 2 | 2 |
| Hip | 2 | 3 |
| Kidney | 1 | 2 |
| Right Kidney and Spine | — | 1 |
| Lupus | — | 2 |
| Intestines | — | 3 |
| Ankle | 1 | — |
| Elbow | 1 | — |
| Wrist | 1 | — |
| Nails | — | 1 |
| Left Tarsus | 1 | — |
| Left Epididymis | 1 | — |
| 32 | 38 |
CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
During 1932, 228 new patients were examined at the Clinic and were found to be in the undermentioned stages of the disease on the first examination:—
| T.B. minus (sputum negative or absent) | 64 or 28.1% |
| T.B. plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) | 16 or 7.0% |
| T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum positive) | 119 or 52.2% |
| T.B. plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum positive) | 29 or 12.6% |
| 228 or 100.0% |
It is well known that Tuberculosis officers do not see many of
the new cases in the early stages of the disease. This, as Sir