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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
This year the greater proportion of new cases of Non-Pulmonary
Tuberculosis occurred in adults, 56% in adults and 44% in children
up to 15 years. Of the cases occurring in children, 54.5% were in
boys; in adults the greater proportion of the cases were in men—
57.1%. 53.3% of the deaths occurred under the age of 10 years
compared with 31.2% in 1936.
Table VI.
The diagnoses of the new cases entered in the Notification Register during 1937 were as follows:—
| Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|
| Spine | — | 2 |
| Hip | 1 | 1 |
| Hip and Knee | 1 | — |
| Knee | 4 | 2 |
| Ankle | 3 | 1 |
| Shoulder and Glands | 1 | _ |
| Abdomen | 4 | 2 |
| Glands | 3 | 7 |
| Epididymis | 1 | — |
| Skin | 1 | — |
| Meninges | 5 | 4 |
| Kidney | 4 | 2 |
| Kidney and Bladder | — | 1 |
| 28 | 22 |