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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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Table: TABLE XI.—Ascertained Cases of Infectious Disease since the adoption of the Notification Act.

TABLE XI.—Ascertained Cases of Infectious Disease since the adoption of the Notification Act.

1891189218931894189518961897189818991900190119021903190419051906190719081909
Small-pox..712....3........299511......
Scarlatina851173169951652621448411581161131125181189317209212
Diphtheria171644632645351073862877748169134161190204150
Membranous Croup......1..1..........................
Typhoid Fever91224121814131519151314119183315169
Continued Fever....1..12..........................
Puerperal Fever11461..22..41558235105
Anthrax................................1....
Cerebro-spinal Meningitus................................6..2
Cholera....1................................
Erysipelas13223118183326232934203523274452563633
***Measles23757913845829108317210232514208626362801085679954326999472
Acute Diarrhoea......5..............................
*Chicken Pox......................162188............
Typhus Fever................................1....
Totals36275456066414412435131314421650106411196951428107613939171474883

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* Chicken Pox was a notifiable disease until July 31st, 1903.
** Cerebro-spinal Meningitis was a notifiable disease from the 22nd April, 1907, to April, 1908.
*** Measles ceased to be a notifiable disease on the 19th June, 190!).