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Coulsdon and Purley 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified from April to December, 1915.

Notifiable Diseases.Cases Notified in whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.12345Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.Coulsdon.Kenley.Purley.Sanders tead.Woodcote.
Small Pox............................
Cholera..••........................
Plague............................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)7..151......1..2136
Erysipelas9........3428......1..
Scarlet Fever28..61831........741016
Typhus Fever............................
Enteric Fever27......2169..26..1....1
Relapsing Fever............................
Continued Fever............................
Puerperal Fever............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis1....1............1....1
Poliomyelitis............................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum............................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis18....359..141832..
Other forms of Tuberculosis1............1..1........
Anthrax............................
Totals91..72711291344621981624

The Isolation Hospital is situated at Beddington Corner, Mitcham Junction, but is within the
Carshalton Urban District.
The Small Pox Hospital is situated at Cheam, and is the Joint Hospital for Croydon Borough,
Wimbledon, Penge, Croydon Rural and Merton Councils.