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Croydon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Two cases were admitted, but only in one was the. diagnosis
confirmed: the other was a case of simple ophthalmia.

Table XLII.

Other Diseases.

Age Group0—11—22—55-1515—2525-3535—4545 & up.TotalsDeaths
DiseaseMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Enteric Fever...............231...2..................8...
Paratyphoid B...............23......1...3...1......10...
Puerperal Fever...........................3...6...5......144
Puerperal Pyrexia...........................1..................1...
Erysipelas1............11222111124187623
Measles64671713541122............677
German Measles...............122........................5...
Encephalitis Lethargica..................1............1............52
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..................1...2.....................31
Whooping Cough333i24..............................16...
Chicken Pox211216164711..................51...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11..........................................2...
Mumps..................314.....................9...
Septicemia*.......................................1......11
Infantile Palsy......1...12..............................4...
Pemphigus1.............................................1...
White Leg.................................1...1......2...
Typhoid Carriers..................11...............l......3...
Vincent's Angina................................................1...
Dysentery............132l........................8...
No disease................................................19...
Totals14911103744261910113241213211029218
* This was really a case of Lobar Pneumonia.