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Croydon 1905

[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 Diseases.Cases Notified in whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.No of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At Ages—Years.123456789123456789Totals.
At all Ages.Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.Addington.Beddington.Coulsdon.Merton.Mitcham| Morden.Sanderstead.Wallington.Woodmanst'rneAddington.Beddington.Coulsdon.Merton.Mitcham.Morden.Sanderstead.Wallington.Woodmanst'rne
Small Pox1......1................1..............1......1
Cholera....................................................
Diphtheria13433581114....1013691158....611477155..109
Membranous Croup....................................................
Erysipelas442..47292..377231..3..........3........3
Scarlet Fever1812461071412..112112/93571691129247036107142
Typhus Fever....................................................
Enteric Fever18..4626..1..188........1....73........11
Relapsing Fever....................................................
Continued Fever....................................................
Puerperal Fever2........2......1..1............................
Measles697142583912113....133158562021621111......................
Totals107721343589566622158191104418233413892182035153412157268

The Isolation Hospital is situated at Beddington Corner, Mitcham Junction, but is within the Carshalton Urban District.
The Small Pox Hospital is situated at Cheam, and is the Joint Hospital for Croydon Borough, Wimbledon, Penge, and the Croydon
Rural Councils.