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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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107
ACTION TAKEN TO PREVENT SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASES. —The method of dealing with notifiable diseases is dealt
with in the report to the Sanitary Committee. During the year the
undermentioned cases have been dealt with by my department:—

Table: TABLE E. VII.Cases of illness reported by School Teachers or Attendance Officers :—

TABLE E. VII.

Cases of illness reported by School Teachers or Attendance Officers :—

Illness.1st Quarter2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th QuaterTotals.
Measles7328181154582123
Mumps1191183437308
Whooping Cough891618378411
Chicken Pox88782779272
Sore Throat14884125182539
Ringworm1011247474373
Other Cases23078125197630
Totals1507146158311054656

Table: Cases of illness reported to Education Committee by the Public Health Department:—

Cases of illness reported to Education Committee by the Public Health Department:—

Illness.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3 rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
Scarlet Fever10711210299420
Diphtheria825681102321
Enteric267318
Measles8457532644732335
Mumps165922024301
Whooping Cough851907965419
Chicken Pox105712482282
Sore Throat2058184122492
Ringworm12313814494499
Impetigo88687481311
Scabies1153221
Other Cases48221028108
Totals1866159489211755527