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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXXIII.
| Notified Disease. | Incidence Rate per 1,000 population. | Housing Conditions. | Case occurring in Institutions in the Borough. | Total cases notified. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-3 rooms. | 4-5 rooms. | Over 5 rooms. | |||||
| 1933 | 1932 | ||||||
| Small Pox | 0.012 | 0.004 | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 0.92 | 0.49 | 2 | 178 | 7 | 35 | 222 |
| Erysipelas | 0.44 | 0.32 | 1 | 70 | 7 | 27 | 105 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.65 | 1.88 | 7 | 489 | 49 | 88 | 633 |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Paratyphoid) | 0.096 | 0.051 | — | 15 | 3 | 6 | 24 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.054 | 0.055 | — | 8 | — | 5 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.162 | 0.141 | — | 12 | 1 | 26 | 39 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0.012 | 0.038 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.042 | 0.09 | — | 6 | — | 4 | 10 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.016 | 0.025 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 0.012 | 0.0125 | — | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.305 | 0.47 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 20 | 73 |
| Dysentery | 0.048 | — | — | 5 | — | 7 | 12 |
| Polioencephalitis | 0.004 | - | - | — | — | 1 | 1 |
The highest incidence of notifiable infectious diseases was in
houses of 4-5 rooms. The 1931 Census showed that houses of 1-3
rooms formed 4.7% of the total number of houses; those of 4-5
rooms 51.4% and those with over 5 rooms 43.9.%