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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING YEAR 1948.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING YEAR 1948.

Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in the whole District.Total cases notified in each Ward.Total Deaths in the Borough.Sex Distribution of Notified Cases. 1948.
At all Ages.At ages—years.Upper Norwood.Norbury.West Thornton.Bensham Manor.Thornton Heath.South Norwood.Woodside.East.Addiscombe.Whitehorse Manor.Broad Green.Central.Waddon.South.Addington.
Under 1 year.1-4.5—14.15—24.25—44.45—64.65 and up.
MF
Scarlet Fever37729125515113-23321122212833353082115383129-194183
Diphtheria7—1411—---—1__2.--1-12---43
Erysipelas35—-1171881143—-5612234-312312
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis211-------1---1--------111
Enteric & Paratyphoid1--1-----------------1---1
Small Pox--------------------------
Cholera--------------------------
Typhus—————————-----------------
Puerperal Pyrexia31———1021——1—18—12-1-11123---31
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1313——————1—61———.-1-1---3-94
Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis13-45-4--22-12--------15294
Dysentery715—1----------1—21—12--43
Malaria———————————————————-------
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia53391111211632131242171633513221
Measles2356811170106322163175911491689120623715616125313981142184223112121144
Whoping Cough9561075332992114-30338153527297917448412455931125452504
Totals385120818141639538339151361612712521683103792922683222221282473153801119401911