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Croydon 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table VII.The diagnoses of the new cases entered in Notification Register daring' 1936 were as follows:—

Table VII.

The diagnoses of the new cases entered in Notification Register daring' 1936 were as follows:—

Male.Female.
Spine15
Hip31
Hip and Left Knee1—
Knee—2
Knees and Elbow1—
Left Ilium—1
Abdomen—5
Testicle and Epididymis7—
Meninges52
Kidney51
Miliary1—
Glands69
3026

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Table VIII. shows the incidence rate and death rate of all forms
of Tuberculosis for the various wards of the Borough, based on ward
populations calculated from the total population of 241,729. The
death rate for the whole Borough was 0.60.