Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | 1938 Population at age period, (estimated) | Pulmonary, | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||
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New Cases, | All Cases. | New Cases. | All Cases. | |||||||||||||||
Number. | Incidence Rate. | Deaths. | Death Kate (based on 1938 figures). | Number. | Incidence Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate (based on 1938 est. fig .) | |||||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Under one year | 2141 | 1964 | 1 | ... | 0.47 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1.40 | 0.51 | ... | 1 | 1.87 | 0.51 |
1— 5 years | 6974 | 7343 | 1 | ... | 0.14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 0.54 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.14 |
5—10 „ | 11408 | 10497 | 3 | 2 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 4 | 4 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 2 | ... | 0.18 | 0.10 |
10—15 „ | 12091 | 11491 | 2 | 3 | 0 17 | 0.26 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.09 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.26 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.09 |
15—20 ,, | 9929 | 10715 | 15 | 18 | 1.51 | 1.68 | ... | 8 | ... | 0.75 | 5 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.28 | 1 | ... | 0.10 | 0.19 |
20—25 „ | 7702 | 9973 | 16 | 24 | 2.08 | 2.41 | 5 | 9 | 0.65 | 0.90 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.10 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.10 | |
25—35 ,, | 15765 | 20761 | 45 | 2.60 | 2.17 | 15 | 14 | 0.95 | 0.67 | 4 | 7 | 0.25 | 0.34 | ... | 2 | ... | 0.10 | |
35—45 „ | 17563 | 21401 | 25 | 9 | 1.42 | 0.42 | 12 | 5 | 0.69 | 0.23 | 6 | 1 | 0.34 | 0.05 | ... | 2 | ... | 0.09 |
45—55 | 14011 | 1609 | 30 | 12 | 2.14 | 0.75 | 20 | 5 | 1.43 | 0.31 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0.06 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.06 |
55—65 ,, | 8356 | 10204 | 12 | 4 | 1.44 | 0.39 | 10 | 5 | 1.20 | 0.49 | 2 | ... | 0.24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
65 and upwards | 6383 | 10631 | 5 | 2 | 0.78 | 0.19 | 6 | 2 | 0.94 | 0.19 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 0.09 | ... | 1 | ... | 0.09 |
0.91 | 50 | 0.61 | 36 | 26 | 0.32 | 0.20 | 8 | 10 | 0.07 | 0.08 |