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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 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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100
ACTION TAKEN TO PREVENT SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The method of dealing with notifiable disease is dealt with
in the report to the Sanitary Committee of the Council. During
the year the undermentioned cases have been dealt with by my
department :—

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

TABLE E. viii.

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

Illness.ISt Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Totals.
Measles205912823347
Mumps54451242153
Whooping Cough2061968035517
Chicken-pox1119547278531
Sore Throat1139310794407
Ringworm122844171318
Other Cases172130104154560
Totals9837344196972833

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.ISt Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter,Totals,
Scarlet Fever79151130150510
Diphtheria72495058229
Enteric Fever21137
Measles202984618364
Mumps6238938147
Whooping Cough2403345525654
Chicken-pox13711729395678
Sore Throat1045611790367
Ringworm153936878392
Impetigo79594968255
Scabies720121453
Other Cases91455987
Total114610305719963743

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In many instances the above reports dealt with the exclusion of
several children.