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Croydon 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table VIII.
The diagnoses of the new cases entered in Notification Register during 1935 were as follows:—
| Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|
| Spine | 4 | 4 |
| Knee | — | 1 |
| Rt. Shoulder Joint | 1 | — |
| Foot | 1 | 1 |
| Abdomen | 8 | 6 |
| Uterus | — | 1 |
| Salpingitis | — | 1 |
| Testicle | 1 | — |
| Meninges | 2 | 6 |
| Kidney and Urinary Tract | 5 | 5 |
| Miliary | - | 2 |
| Lupus | 1 | 1 |
| Glands | 6 | 7 |
| 29 | 35 |
CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
During 1935, 194 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 33.0%
T.B. plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) 9 or 4.6%
T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum positive)
76 or 39.2%
T.B. plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum positive) 45 or 23.2%
194 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. 1935 was worse
in this respect than 1934 ; only 37.6% of the cases were first seen
at a stage when a definite arrest of the disease could reasonably be
hoped for. The insidious onset of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and the
fact that often considerable damage to the lungs is present before
any definite symptoms develop makes it very difficult to detect
it in its early stages without careful physical and X-ray