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Croydon 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the last Six Months of the Year 1893, in the Rural Sanitary District of Croydon, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Casts of Sickness in each locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such cases Removed from their homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1893. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. 1 | Continued. | Relapsing | Puerperal. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | ||||||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| adding ton | 670 | 671 | 7 | Under 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| beddington | 2607 | 2758 | Under 5 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coulsdon | 3335 | 3470 | 53 | Under 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| merton | 3360 | 3542 | 44 | Under 5 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | - | -s | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| mitcham | 10758 | 11372 | 170 | Under 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MORDEN | 763 | 770 | 8 | Under 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sanderstead | 509 | 530 | 6 | Under 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wallington | 3823 | 4182 | 45 | Under 5 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WOODMANSTERNE | 408 | 425 | 6 | Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| beddington orphanage | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| holborn schools | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| russell hill school | Under 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| reedham asylum | Under 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 59 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 26233 | 27720 | 367 | Under 5 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 upwards | 215 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 118 1 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Workhouse Infirmary at Croydon is used for the Isolation of pauper patients. Every Public Institution possesses Isolation
accommodation of its own.