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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following table gives the fatality for each disease:-
| 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1.1 | .8 | .7 | .9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| Diphtheria | 3.6 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 4.02 | 4.65 | 4.1 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 3.9 |
| Enteric Fever | 25.0 | 19.2 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 | - | 9.0 | - | 25.0 |
| Cerebro Sp. Menin. | - | - | - | 54.0 | 13.0 | 37.9 | 40.0 | - | 100.9 |
| Pulmonary Phthisis | - | 12.5 | 12.6 | 37.2 | 40.0 | 48.6 | 35.3 | 52.2 | I 2.9 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | 60.0 | 100.0 | - | - | - | 20.0 |
| Morbilli | - | - | - | 11.1 | - | 4.3 | - | - | - |
| Mumps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | - | - | - |
| Other Diseases | - | - | - | - | 11.1 | 8.0 | 24.1 | 12.5 | |
| All Cases | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | .89 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 3.6 |
Under other diseases are included:—
Result.
Infantile Diarrhoea 5 3 discharged; 2 died
Enteritis 2 2 „
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 4 4 ,,
Influenza 2 2 „
Whooping Cough 2 2 ,,
Nephritis 2 2 „
Myelitis 1 1 ,,
Meningitis 1 1 died
Tonsillitis 1 1 discharged
Carbuncle 1 1 „
No disease* 3 3 ,,
24
* 3 mothers with babies (ophthalmia neonatorum).
Notified as Diphtheria or for observation for Diphtheria-
Result.
Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever 8 7 discharged ; 1 died
„ ,, Measles 11 11 ,,
„ ,, Chicken Pox... 1 ... 1 „
„ Scabies 3 3
„ ,, Rubella 1 ,,
,, ,, Pneumonia 2 1 „ 1 died
„ ,, Mumps 2 ,, 1 remains