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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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1908.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||
At Ages—Years. | West. | North. | Central. | East. | South. | South Norwood. | Upper Norwood. | Thornton Heath. | Institution cases which could not he distributed. | West. | North. | Central. | East. | South. | South Norwood. | Upper Norwood. | Thornton Heath. | Institution Cases. | Total. | |||||||
At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 & upw d. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 405 | 1 | 84 | 272 | 22 | 26 | .. | 63 | 51 | 31 | 59 | 42 | 62 | 30 | 65 | 2 | 53 | 36 | 20 | 48 | 35 | 47 | 24 | 52 | 2 | 317 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 61 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 534 | 6 | 108 | 336 | 54 | 30 | .. | 60 | 95 | 40 | 38 | 27 | 182 | 9 | 72 | 11 | 47 | 56 | 34 | 30 | 21 | 157 | 6 | 56 | 11 | 418 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 52 | .. | 4 | 16 | 10 | 22 | .. | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 37 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 106 | .. | 1 | 7 | 23 | 71 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1168 | 9 | 201 | 637 | 117 | 191 | 13 | 188 | 180 | 97 | 116 | 88 | 276 | 44 | 160 | 14 | 104 | 93 | 60 | 89 | 59 | 215 | 31 | 108 | 13 | 772 |
The Borough (Fever) Isolation Hospital is situated in the West Ward.
*The Croydon and Wimbledon (Small-pox) Isolation Hospital is at North Cheam.