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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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T able VI. TUBERCULOSIS (Summary of Notifications and Deaths at various age periods).
| Age periods. | 1936 Population at ape period. (estimated) | Pulmonary, | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases. | All Cases. | New Cases. | All Cases, | |||||||||||||||
| Number. | Incidence Rate. | Deaths. | Death Kate (based on 1936 figures). | Number. | Incidence Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate (based on 1936 est. fig*.) | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under one year | 2126 | 1950 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.51 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.51 | 2 | ... | 0.94 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.47 | ... |
| 1— 5 years | 6920 | 7292 | 1 | ... | 0.14 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1.37 | 4 | 4 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 0.27 |
| 6—10 „ | 11331 | 10424 | 3 | 4 | 0.27 | 0.38 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.10 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.19 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 10—15 „ | 11992 | 11412 | 4 | 6 | 0.34 | 0.53 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 3 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 1 | ... | 0.08 | ... |
| 15—20 „ | 9862 | 10641 | 9 | 17 | 0.91 | 1.60 | 5 | 5 | 0.51 | 0.47 | 3 | 3 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 1 | ... | 0.10 | |
| 20-25 ,, | 7630 | 9904 | 22 | 35 | 2.88 | 3.53 | 7 | 6 | 0.91 | 0.61 | 5 | 4 | 0.65 | 0 40 | 2 | 1 | 0.26 | 0.10 |
| 25—35 „ | 15659 | 20618 | 21 | 35 | 1.34 | 1.70 | 15 | 15 | 0.96 | 0.73 | 8 | 7 | 0.51 | 034 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| 35—45 ,, | 17445 | 21255 | 27 | 16 | 1.55 | 0.75 | 13 | 9 | 0.75 | 0 42 | 3 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 05 | 1 | ... | 0.06 | ... |
| 45-55 „ | 13926 | 15986 | 14 | 9 | 1.00 | 0 56 | 12 | 5 | 0.86 | 0.31 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.06 | 1 | ... | 0.07 | ... |
| 55—65 ,, | 8300 | 10134 | 16 | 8 | 1.93 | 0.78 | 16 | 5 | 1.93 | 0.49 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.10 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 65 and upwards | 6339 | 10567 | 2 | 5 | 0.31 | 0.47 | 4 | 6 | 0.63 | 0.57 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 0.09 | ... | 2 | ... | 0 19 |
| Totals | 111556 | 130183 | 119 | 136 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 73 | 55 | 0.65 | 0.42 | 30 | 26 | 0 27 | 0.20 | 10 | 6 | 0.90 | 0.05 |
| In the above table the death rate is based upon the total deaths in 1930, and not on deaths in New Cases only. | ||||||||||||||||||