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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 VIII.
| Visits to Houses where the following Diseases have been reported. | Miss Tawney. | Miss Chapman. | Miss Raw. | Miss Stokes. | Miss Stevens. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | |||||||||||||
| 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits, | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | |
| Measles | 55 | 3 | ... | ... | 79 | 18 | ... | ... | 35 | 3 | ... | ... | 85 | ... | ... | ... | 144 | 13 | ... | ... | 398 | 37 | ... | ... |
| German Measles | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Mumps | 14 | 4 | ... | ... | 19 | 4 | ... | ... | 47 | ... | ... | ... | 39 | ... | ... | ... | 23 | 9 | ... | ... | 706 | 17 | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 97 | 18 | ... | ... | 106 | 31 | ... | ... | 226 | 3 | ... | ... | 121 | 3 | ... | ... | 96 | 12 | ... | ... | 598 | 77 | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 172 | 12 | ... | ... | 106 | 9 | ... | ... | 107 | ... | ... | 55 | ... | ... | ... | 158 | 15 | ... | ... | 677 | 36 | ... | ... | |
| Sore Throat | 158 | 68 | 50 | 103 | 161 | 49 | ... | ... | 109 | 10 | ... | ... | 140 | 39 | ... | ... | 109 | 79 | 70 | 30 | 387 | 245 | 120 | 133 |
| Ringworm | 92 | 250 | 1 | ... | 74 | 189 | ... | ... | 69 | 131 | ... | ... | 90 | 138 | ... | ... | 72 | 198 | ... | ... | 31 | 906 | 1 | ... |
| Verminous Heads | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Verminous Bodies | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 466 | 2 | ... | ... | 385 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Impetigo Contagiosa | 78 | 129 | ... | ... | 111 | 218 | ... | ... | 09 | ... | ... | 41 | 37 | ... | ... | 46 | 82 | ... | ... | 33 | 560 | ... | ... | |
| Scabies | 11 | 28 | ... | ... | 5 | 11 | ... | ... | 9 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 10 | ... | ... | 573 | 54 | ... | ... |
| Other diseases | 89 | 51 | ... | ... | 70 | 59 | 42 | 28 | 221 | 82 | ... | ... | 123 | 37 | ... | ... | 70 | 82 | 34 | 18 | 311 | 76 | 46 | |
| Totals | 769 | 567 | 52 | 104 | 792 | 589 | 42 | 28 | 951 | 331 | ... | ... | 697 | 254 | ... | ... | 740 | 502 | 104 | 48 | 3949 | 2243 | 198 | 180 |
| 1st Visits, | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | |||||||||||||
| Visits to houses where Infants have been born. | 743 | 596 | 1101 | 581 | 1007 | 606 | 1195 | 393 | 528 | 425 | 4574 | 2601 | ||||||||||||
| Addresses given re Infants feeding, etc | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 8 | ... | 13 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Visits to houses where Infants have died under one year of age | 33 | ... | 37 | 6 | 68 | ... | 57 | ... | 37 | 7 | 232 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Cultures taken | 345 | 398 | ... | 208 | ... | 237 | ... | 302 | 11 | 149 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Phthisis cases visited | 18 | 9 | 25 | 14 | 80 | ... | 25 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 166 | 31 | ||||||||||||
| Visits paid to Elementary Schools | 59 | ... | 55 | ... | 58 | ... | 46 | ... | 44 | ... | 262 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Number of Children prepared for Medical Inspection | 1097 | 116 | 1024 | 138 | 959 | ... | 770 | 20 | 954 | 147 | 4804 | 421 | ||||||||||||
| Visits paid to homes to obtain further information concerning children inspected in Schools | 31 | ... | 7 | 2 | 49 | 16 | 93 | ... | 57 | 61 | 237 | 79 | ||||||||||||
| Visits paid to the homes of School Children for purpose of giving advice | 105 | 86 | 102 | 62 | 126 | 7 | 97 | ... | 107 | 57 | 537 | 212 | ||||||||||||