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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Notification Register.
Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Notification Register on 31st December, 1945:—
| PULMONARY. | NON-PULMONARY. | Total Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| 762 | 641 | 1403 | 134 | 158 | 292 | 1695 |
CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
During 1945, 223 of the new patients examined at the Clinic
were found to be in the undermentioned stages of the disease on
the first examination:—
T.B. minus (sputum negative or absent) 116 or 52.0%
T.B. plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) 14 or 6.3%
T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum
positive) 71 or 31.8%
T.B. plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum
positive) 22 or 9.9%
223 100.0%
| Year. | 0-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | Over 65. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | - | 3 | 22 | 46 | 40 | 8 | 119 |
| 1939 | - | 19 | 44 | 30 | 3 | .96 | |
| 1940 | - | 1 | 18 | 61 | 38 | 10 | 128 |
| 1941 | - | 2 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 90 |
| 1942 | - | - | 15 | 50 | 33 | 8 | 106 |
| 1943 | 1 | - | 18 | 38 | 39 | 11 | 107 |
| 1944 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 98 |
| 1945 | - | 1 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 75 |
In 1945 the death-rate from all forms of Tuberculosis was
0.46 per 1,000 population.
The rate for Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 0.37 and the rate
for Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.09. Similar figures for 1944
were 0.51 and 0.06.