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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE VI.
Table showing the number of cases notified and deaths from the principal zymotic diseases for the Year 1905
and ten preceding Years.
| Disease. | 1905. | 1904. | 1903. | 1902. | 1901. | 1900. | 1899. | 1898. | 1897. | 1896. | 1895. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. J | Cases. | Deaths. | ||
| Notifiable. | Small Pox | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 14 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 416 | 11 | 291 | 8 | 215 | 2 | 295 | 6 | 391 | 1 | 432 | 5 | 350 | 3 | 301 | 9 | 563 | 13 | 284 | 4 | 157 | 4 | |
| Diphtheria and (i) Memb.Croup | 266 | 25 | 312 | 24 | 259 | 18 | 285 | 29 | 448 | 23 | 187 | 25 | 127 | 17 | 162 | 19 | 131 | 7 | 172 | 30 | 132 | 22 | |
| (2) Erysipelas | 78 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 79 | 4 | 102 | 5 | 79 | 4 | 71 | 6 | .. | 7 | .. | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | 11 | .. | 5 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| Enteric Fever | 34 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 59 | 9 | 57 | 11 | 56 | 9 | 56 | 8 | 64 | 9 | 50 | 7 | 108 | 17 | 43 | 15 | |
| Simple Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | . . | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 12 | .. | 4 | .. | |
| Non-notifiable. | Diarrhoea and Epidemic or | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zymotic Enteritis | .. | 52 | .. | 95 | .. | 37 | .. | 73 | .. | 129 | .. | 88 | .. | 195 | .. | 200 | .. | 127 | .. | 72 | .. | 64 | |
| Enteritis | .. | 22 | .. | 35 | .. | 14 | .. | 17 | .. | 37 | .. | 25 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | 12 | .. | 7 | .. | 45 | |
| Measles .. | .. | 24 | .. | 62 | .. | 26 | .. | 30 | .. | 21 | .. | 20 | .. | 18 | .. | 32 | .. | 17 | .. | 67 | .. | 16 | |
| Whooping Cough | 31 | .. | .. | 15 | .. | 58 | .. | 31 | .. | 25 | .. | 56 | .. | 40 | .. | 36 | .. | 32 | .. | 62 | .. | 27 | |
| Influenza | 30 | .. | .. | 27 | .. | 28 | .. | 58 | .. | 37 | .. | 106 | .. | 91 | .. | 39 | .. | 20 | .. | 18 | .. | 78 | |
| Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pleurisy | .. | 302 | .. | 314 | .. | 247 | .. | 341 | .. | 283 | .. | 367 | .. | 309 | .. | 232 | .. | 190 | .. | 309 | .. | 298 | |
| Phthisis | .. | 162 | .. | 142 | .. | 151 | .. | 112 | .. | 123 | .. | 135 | .. | 154 | .. | 133 | .. | 115 | .. | 142 | .. | 149 | |
(1) Notifiable since May, 1897. (2) Notifiable since January, 1900.
In the above Table deaths of Non-residents occurring at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital,
General Hospital, Cottage Hospital, "Court Royal," Upper Norwood, and ''89, Central Hill" (Servants'
Reformatory), are excluded. Prior to 1903 correction was only made for the first three institutions.
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