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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The following table shows the great improvement in mortality from tuberculosis over the last forty years.
Tuberculosis (All Forms) 0-15 years All ages | Tuberculosis (All Forms) 0-15 years All ages | ||||||||
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Year | Number of Deaths | Death Rate per thousand of population | Number of Deaths | Death Rate per thousand of population | Year | Number of Deaths | Death Rate per thousand °f population | Number of Deaths | Death Rate per thousand of population |
1912 | 33 | 0.66 | 181 | 1.04 | 1932 | 10 | — | 166 | 0.70 |
1913 | 48 | — | 202 | 1.13 | 1933 | 13 | — | 184 | 0.77 |
1914 | 35 | — | 192 | 1.06 | 1934 | 10 | — | 157 | 0.65 |
1915 | 46 | — | 245 | 1.38 | 1935 | 9 | — | 176 | 0.71 |
1916 | 43 | — | 223 | 1.27 | 1936 | 11 | — | 151 | 0.60 |
1917 | 50 | — | 256 | 1.37 | 1937 | 10 | — | 155 | 0.64 |
1918 | 58 | — | 283 | 1.68 | 1938 | 12 | — | 137 | 0.56 |
1919 | 38 | — | 217 | 1.18 | 1939 | 6 | — | 107 | 0.46 |
1920 | 39 | — | 195 | 1.02 | 1940 | 8 | — | 146 | 0.74 |
1921 | 29 | 0.57 | 184 | 0.96 | 1941 | 10 | — | 111 | 0.59 |
1922 | 30 | — | 209 | 1.09 | 1942 | 8 | — | 116 | 0.63 |
1923 | 25 | — | 190 | 0.98 | 1943 | 9 | — | 120 | 0.62 |
1924 | 18 | — | 188 | 0.96 | 1944 | 9 | — | 105 | 0.57 |
1925 | 27 | — | 181 | 0.91 | 1945 | 9 | — | 92 | 0.46 |
1926 | 27 | — | 208 | 1.01 | 1946 | 7 | — | 105 | 0.47 |
1927 | 15 | — | 203 | 0.96 | 1947 | 4 | 0.08 | 105 | 0.44 |
1928 | 24 | — | 206 | 0.96 | 1948 | 3 | 0.06 | 111 | 0.45 |
1929 | 21 | — | 178 | 0.80 | 1949 | 6 | 0.12 | 94 | 0.38 |
1930 | 15 | _ | 175 | 0.79 | 1950 | 4 | 0.08 | 65 | 0.27 |
1931 | 18 | 0.36 | 177 | 0.75 | 1951 | 3 | 0.03 | 61 | 0.25 |