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Croydon 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE V.

Table showing the number of cases notified and deaths from the principal zymotic diseases for the Year 1921

and ten preceding Years.

Disease.1921.1920.1919.1918.1917.1916.1915.1914.1918.1912.1911.
Cases.DeathsCases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases..Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
Notifiable.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis13334..25118..291249................
Poliomyelitis62112......1..2..41................
Small Pox........91................................
Scarlet Fever855463876031141461912297441457485470347624687
Diphtheria and (1) Memb.Croup4832355826429361792191931241951422618451167672551437
(2) Erysipelas134743612443563521823967107684«795
Puerperal Fever84146434331711259364103124
Enteric Fever1011245..152613..223205326327247
Simple Continued Fever............................................
Tuberculosis (3)573184480195440217378204397157326223550238503192519202312140240165
Non-notifiable.Measles (4)..6..22....10572294429462....108..8..58..31..29
Rubella................93..2439..636......................
Diarrh6a and Enteritis..59..36..24..48..41..50..62..67..85..58..147
Whooping Cough..22..2..1..10..9..27..12..24..23..13..38
Influenza..39..43..139..478..20..46..45..15..26..18..14
Broncnitis, Pneumonia, and
Pleurisy66292 §..335185†353‡..362..302..329..399..313..297..250..280

(1) Notifiable since May, 1897. (2) Notifiable since January, 1900. (3) Voluntary Notification, 1903-09. Poor Law Cases, Compalsorily
Notifiable since 1st Jan 1909. Cases Treated in Hospital, Compulsorily Notifiable since 1st May, 1911. All cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
notifiable since 1st January, 1912. All forms of Tuberculosis notifiable since 1st February, 1913. (4) Not now notifiable.
*Notifiable, i.e., acute primary pneumonia and influenzal pneumonia only. †Pneumonia only. ‡136 Pneumonia.
§ Bronchitis 143, Broncho-Pneumonia 59, Pneumonia 79, Pleurisy 11=292.
In the above Table deaths of Non-residents occurring at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital,
General Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital, Purley Cottage Hospital, 99, Central Hill (Servants
Reformatory) etc., are excluded. Prior to 1903 correction was only made for the first three institutions.