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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 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Notification Register.

Table: Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Notification Register on 31st December, 1949:—

Number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Notification Register on 31st December, 1949:—

RESPIRATORYNON-RESPIRATORY.TOTAL
Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
86568015451211042251770
86568015451211042251770

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CLASSIFICATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
Respiratory Tuberculosis.
During 1949, 209 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) 107 or 51.2%
T.B. plus 1 (early cases, sputum positive) 23 or 11.0%
T.B. plus 2 (intermediate cases, sputum
positive) 68 or 32.5%
T.B. Plus 3 (advanced cases, sputum
positive) 11 or 5.3%
209 100.0%
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis.
There were 21 cases examined at the Clinic and found to have
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis in the following forms:—
Bones and Joints 7
Abdominal 2
Other Organs 5
Peripheral Glands 7
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