Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1905.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in | each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total. | ||||||||
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | West. | Central. | East. | South. | South Norwood. | Upper Norwood. | Thornton Heath. | Institution cases which could not he distributed. | West. | Central. | East. | South. | South Norwood. | Upper Norwood. | Thornton Heath. | Institution Cases. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 & upwd. | |||||||||||||||||||
Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 266 | 5 | 73 | 150 | 20 | 18 | .. | 100 | 32 | 34 | 27 | 33 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 70 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 185 | |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 78 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 416 | 3 | 112 | 250 | 35 | 16 | .. | 149 | 30 | 77 | 32 | 50 | 4 | 58 | 16 | 109 | 21 | 69 | 20 | 35 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 313 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 34 | .. | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | .. | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | 23 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 75 | .. | 1 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 880 | 10 | 190 | 414 | 85 | 165 | 16 | 335 | 87 | 128 | 73 | 112 | 19 | 87 | 39 | 184 | 43 | 99 | 38 | 60 | 7 | 54 | 36 | 521 |
The Borough (Fever) Isolation Hospital is situated in the West Ward.
The Croydon and Wimbledon (Small-pox) Isolation Hospital is at North Cheam.