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 II.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1920.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Casks notified in each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals or Sanatoria. | ||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At A\;es—Years. | Unrecorded ages- | West. | North. | Central. | East. | South. | South Norwood. | Upper Norwood. | Thornton Heath. | Institution Cases which could not he distributed. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65 | 65 & upw d. | |||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 558 | 6 | 123 | 334 | 56 | 32 | 7 | .. | .. | 133 | 71 | 43 | 57 | 66 | 130 | 9 | 49 | .. | 499 |
Erysipelas | 74 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 10 | .. | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | 638 | 6 | 142 | 390 | 63 | 37 | .. | .. | .. | 173 | 108 | 41 | 56 | 36 | 171 | 13 | 40 | .. | 528 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 12 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 7 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | l | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 39 | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 2 | 3 | l | 4 | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 396 | .. | 4 | 55 | 100 | 170 | 43 | 9 | 15 | 88 | 35 | 44 | 35 | 28 | 92 | 15 | 55 | 4 | 187 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 84 | .. | 11 | 49 | 10 | 9 | 2 | .. | 3 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
Pneumonia | 98 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 33 | 19 | 12 | .. | 18 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. |
Malaria | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Dysentery | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis lethargica | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Posterior basic meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anterio poliomylitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Totals | 1946 | 55 | 291 | 855 | 265 | 338 | 96 | 25 | 21 | 484 | 258 | 153 | 184 | 162 | 472 | 48 | 179 | 6 | 1263 |
The Borough (Fever) Isolation Hospital is situated in the West Ward.
The Croydon and Districts Smallpox Hospital is at North Cheam,