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Croydon 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE II.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1919.

Notifiable DiseaseCasks notified in whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.Total Cases Removed to Hospitals or Sanatoria.
At Ages—Years.Unrecorded ages.West.North.Central.East.South.South Norwood.Upper Norwood.Thornton Heath.Institution cases which could not be distributed.
At all Ages.Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 & upw d.
Small-pox9..12141....2..7............9
Cholera (C) Plague (P)......................................
Measles and German Measles5018164811106....2124133293725602073..3
Diphtheria4292117257982?..117032153413195?a..397
Erysipeas as61143516257..14103851155..4
Scaret Fever603o1094144827......867639117331415556..500
Typhus Fever......................................
Enteric Fever5....1..3......4......1........3
Relapsing Fever......................................
Puerperal Fever4......13......21......1......1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis4....2..2........11....1..1..3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2929..............1432..26..2..1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis390..25510717048269171344441581437..197
Other forms of Tuberculosis5011618391..2148632917..27
Pneumonia185314'24356133123401627231738195..6
Malaria74......18551....221147512112....
Dysentery11......38......51131........
Encephalitis lethargica.9......243....32..1..111....
Posterior basic meningitis1....1........................1....
Anterio poliomylitis2....11..........1....1..........
Totals23674942710892623901132215491366168277263434139229..1151

The Borough (Fever) Isolation Hospital is situated in the West Ward.
The Croydon and Districts Smallpox Hospital is at North Cheam.