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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1952
Summary of notifications during the period from 1st January, 1972 to
31st December, 1972.
| Age Periods | Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - | 1 - | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total (all ages) | |
| Respiratory, Males | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 52 |
| Respiratory, Females | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 16 |
| Non-Respiratory Males | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| Non-Respiratory, Females | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
Rehousing of Tuberculous Patients
1 family was re-housed specifically on the grounds of the presence
of infective tuberculosis, so that the patient could have a separate bedroom.
During 1972, 58 new patients examined at the clinic were found to be in the undermentioned stages of the disease at the first examination .
| A, or T.B. minus (Sputum negative or absent) | 33 | 56.9 |
| B, or T.B. plus, 1 (early cases, sputum positive) | 9 | 15.6 |
| B, or T.B. plus, 2 (intermediate cases, sputum positive) | 11 | 18.9 |
| B, or T.B. plus, 3 (advanced cases, sputum positive) | 5 | 8.6 |
| 58 | 100.0% |
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis
There were 12 cases examined at the Clinic and found to have NonRespiratory
Tuberculosis in the following forms:—
Bones and Joints -
Abdominal -
Other Organs 3
Peripheral Glands 9
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