[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 127

Croydon 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TUBERCULOSIS

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The following table shows the great improvement in mortality from tuberculosis over the last forty years.

Tuberculosis (All Form)					Tuberculosis (All Forms)
0-15 years			All ages		0-15 years			All ages
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 of popu lation *	Number of Deaths	Death rate per thousand of population
1919	38	-	217	1.18	1940	8	-	146	0.74
1920	39	-	195	1.02	1941	10	-	111	0.59
1921	29	0.57	184	0.96	1942	8	-	116	0.63
1922	30	-	209	1.09	1943	9	-	120	0.62
1923	25	-	190	0.98	1944	9	-	105	0.57
1924	18	-	188	0.96	1945	9	-	92	0.46
1925	27	-	181	0.91	1946	7	-	105	0.47
1926	27	-	208	1.01	1947	4	0.08	105	0.44
1927	15	-	203	0.96	1948	3	0.06	111	0.45
1928	24	-	206	0.96	1949	6	0.12	94	0.38
1929	21	-	178	0.80	1950	4	0.08	65	0.27
1930	15	-	175	0.79	1951	3	0.06	64	0.25
1931	18	0.36	177	0.75	1952	-	-	54	0.22
1932	10	-	166	0.70	1953	2	0.04	37	0.15
1933	13	-	184	0.77	1954	1	0.02	32	0.13
1934	10	-	157	0.65	1955	1	0.02	35	0.14
1935	9	-	176	0.71	1956	-	-	26	0.10
1936	11	-	151	0.60	1957	-	-	33	0.13
1937	11	-	155	0.64	1958	-	-	20	0.08
1938	12	-	137	0.56	1959	-	-	25	0.10
1939	6	-	107	0.46
* Prior to 1947, rates only available for Census years.