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Croydon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Interval Between Notification and Death From Pulmonary
Tuberculosis in Cases Dying in 1938.
The following Table shows the intervals of time elapsing between
the date of notification of a patient as suffering from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis and the date of his death from that complaint.
In the total of 119 deaths during 1938, 22 (18.4%) were either not
notified at all or only notified within a month prior to death. In
1937, this figure was 26 or 18.5%. Of these, 12 were not notified
during life; and 5 cases were certified by the Coroner or after
a post-mortem examination; 3 cases died in other areas; and 4
cases were not notified through a misunderstanding.
In 24.3% notification preceded death by less than six months.
| Not Notified | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-4 weeks | 1-2 months | 2-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-12 months | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| One Year | Two Years | Three Years | Four Years | Five Years | Six Years | Seven Years | Eight years and over | |||
| 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | |||||
For Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis the proportion of non-notified
fatal cases to the total deaths from this form of the disease was
44.4%. In other words, out of a total of 18 deaths, 8 were not
notified during life; only 2 of these 8 cases died at home. Two of
the other cases were certified after a post-mortem examination.
Of the total deaths from Tuberculosis of all forms, 20 or 14.6%,
were not notified prior to death, compared with 13.5% in 1937.