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 °f Deaths | Death Rate per thousand of population | Year | N umber of Deaths | Death Rate per thousand of population | Number of Deaths | Death Rate per thousand °f popuationl |
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 | 0.06 | 64 | 0.25 |
1932 | 10 | 166 | 0.70 | 1952 | — | 54 | 0.22 | ||
1933 | 13 | 184 | 0.77 | 1953 | 2 | 0.04 | 37 | 0.15 |