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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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TABLE VII. TUBERCULOSIS. (Summary of Notifications and Deaths at various age periods).
| Age periods, | 1937 Population at age period, (estimated) | Pulmonary, | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases, | All Cases, | New Cases. | All Cases. | |||||||||||||||
| Number. | Incidence Rate. | Deaths. | Death Kate (based on 1937 figures). | Number. | Incidence Rate, | Deaths. | Death Rate (based on 1937 est. figs.) | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under one year | 2131 | 1955 | 1 | ... | 0.47 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 0.94 | ... | 3 | ... | 1.41 | ... |
| 1— 5 years | 6942 | 7310 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 0.14 | 2 | ... | 0 27 | |
| 6—10 „ | 11356 | 10449 | 2 | 1 | 0.18 | 0.10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 7 | 0.44 | 0.67 | 2 | 1 | 1.76 | 0.96 |
| 10—15 , | 12028 | 11439 | 3 | 7 | 0.25 | 0.61 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 5 | 2 | 0.42 | 0.17 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.87 |
| 15-20 „ | 9834 | 10667 | 17 | 17 | 1.72 | 1.59 | 1 | 9 | 0.10 | 0.84 | 5 | 4 | 0.51 | 0.37 | 1 | 2 | 0.10 | 0 19 |
| 20—25 „ | 7667 | 9928 | 21 | 31 | 2.74 | 3.12 | 5 | 20 | 0.65 | 2.01 | 3 | 4 | 0.39 | 0 40 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.10 |
| 25-35 „ | 15694 | 20667 | 37 | 32 | 2.36 | 1.55 | 15 | 9 | 0.96 | 0.43 | 3 | 1 | 0.19 | 0 05 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 35—45 „ | 17484 | 21305 | 33 | 18 | 1.89 | 0.85 | 21 | 10 | 1.20 | 0.47 | 2 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 05 | ... | 1 | ... | 0 05 |
| 45-55 „ | 13957 | 16024 | 24 | 11 | 1.72 | 0.69 | 12 | 8 | 0.86 | 0.50 | 2 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 1 | ... | 0.07 | ... |
| 55—65 ,, | 8318 | 10158 | 17 | 3 | 2.04 | 0.30 | 16 | 4 | 1.92 | 0.39 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 65 and upwards | 6354 | 10583 | 8 | 4 | 1.26 | 0.38 | 4 | 4 | 0.63 | 0.38 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 0.09 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 111815 | 130485 | 163 | 125 | 1.46 | 0.96 | 75 | 65 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 28 | 22 | 0 25 | 0.16 | 7 | 8 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
In the above table the death rate is based upon the total deaths in 1937. and not on deaths in New Cases only.