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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: Table XXXIV. SCARLET FEVER.

Table XXXIV. SCARLET FEVER.

YEARCases notified in Croydon.Attack Rate Per 100,000 of Population.No. of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Cases notified.All Cases Admitted to Hospital with a Diagnosis of Scarlet Fever.
No. Admitted.No. of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Cases Treated*
12345678
19085343385.949781.6
190972745191.2608111.8
19107594547.962471.1
191146827411.537751.3
19124762732.436541.09
19134702633.64114.9
19147484115.66385.7
191541423351.239141.02
191629716941.328362.1
191719110221.0519621.02
191841421961.437682.1
1919603314111.8522112.1
192063833271.0953581.4
19218554464.47204.5
19228004166.76916.8
19233791952.5340......
19242891472.62372.8
19253471741.22482.8
1926525254......409......
19277173383.46863.4
19285522594.757481.3
19297593354.5471430.42
19306813062.2967920.29
19315272253.5752820.38
19324411861†.2338710.26
1933633264......59910.17
*Cases admitted to the Borough Hospital from Penge are included in arriving at the figures in Cols. 6 to 8. † Death not due to Scarlet Fever.

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There was an increase in the number of cases notified and
admitted to Hospital in 1933 as compared with 1932. The type
was mild and the case mortality was nil. The attack rate (Colfor
England and Wales was 321. Croydon shows a lower figure.