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 1909.
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 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total. | ||||||||||||
At all Ages. | At Ages— Years. | West. | North. | Central. | East. | South. | South Norwood. | Upper Norwood. | Thornton Heath. | Institution cases which could not be distributed. | West. | North. | Central. | East. | South. | South Norwood. | Upper Norwood. | Thornton Heath. | Institution Cases. | |||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 & upwd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Diphtheria | 356 | 3 | 91 | 220 | 19 | 23 | .. | 75 | 38 | 43 | 34 | 42 | 65 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 61 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 33 | 46 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 283 | ||||
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Erysipelas .. | 92 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 14 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Scarlet Fever | 727 | 6 | 161 | 485 | 45 | 30 | .. | 95 | 97 | 55 | 89 | 56 | 208 | 28 | 94 | 5 | 74 | 69 | 36 | 66 | 40 | 158 | 17 | 68 | 5 | 533 | ||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Enteric Fever | 21 | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 10 | .. | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | .. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Phthisis | 139 | .. | 1 | 17 | 18 | 99 | 4 | 42 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Totals | 1351 | 11 | 257 | 735 | 99 | 231 | 18 | 252 | 198 | 123 | 137 | 120 | 309 | 38 | 163 | 11 | 140 | 102 | 73 | 94 | 73 | 204 | 24 | 111 | 6 | 827 |
The Borough (Fever) Isolation Hospital is situated in the West Ward.
#The Croydon and Wimbledon (Small-pox) Isolation Hospital is at North Cheam.