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Croydon 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IIICauses of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1920, excluding Deaths ol Strangers at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Purley Cottage Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital, 99, Central Hiil (Servants' Reformatory), and adding Deaths of Croydon Residents known to have occurred outside the District.

TABLE III

Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1920, excluding Deaths ol Strangers at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Purley Cottage Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital, 99, Central Hiil (Servants' Reformatory), and adding Deaths of Croydon Residents known to have occurred outside the District.

No.CAUSELOCALITIES.Institution & Street Deaths which could not be distributed.Total Institution Deaths distributed 1 and not distributed.Inquest Cases.Total all Ages-Males all Ages.Females all Ages.0-1.1.2.2..5.5.15.15.25.25.45.45.65.65 and upwards •
West.North.Central.East.South.South Norwood.Upper Norwood.Thornton Heath.
I.—Getteral Diseases.
1Enteiic Fever3..................1...2...422.........1111...
2Typhus..................................................................
3(A B.) Relapsing Fever
(A) Relapsing Fever..................................................................
(B) Mediterranean Fever..................................................................
4Malaria..................................................................
5Small-pox
(A) Vaccinated..................................................................
(B) Not vaccinated..................................................................
(C) Doubtful..................................................................
6Measles ...621...1021......2(2)...2213937741.........
7Scarlet Fever5...............11......7...743......421.........
8Whooping Cough1...............1............211...2..................
9(A) Diphtheria (B.C.) Croup23115104......24 (4)126917......618......2...
(B) Membranous laryngitis..................................................................
(C) Croup..................................................................
10Influenza115673632...3 (5)...4325......126113128
11Miliary Fever..................................................................
12Asiatic Cholera..................................................................
I3Cholera Nostras..................................................................
14Dysentery......11...............1...22..................11...
15Plague..................................................................
16Yellow Fever..................................................................
17Leprosy..................................................................
18Erysipelas1......1......1............312.........21......