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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Annual rate per 1000 living. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Principal Epidemic Diseases. (Cols. 4-10) | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Deaths under oneyear to'1000 Births. | |
| Cols. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. |
| England andl Wales .. J | 26 .3 | 15.0 | 1.26 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 118 |
| 76 Great Towns | 27.0 | 15.4 | 1.54 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.40 | 127 |
| 142 smaller Towns | 25.7 | 14.5 | 1.29 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 122 |
| England and Wales,less the 218 Towns | 25.6 | 14.7 | 0 .91 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 106 |
| Croydon Rural District | 24.6 | 9.7 | 1.64 | 0.00 | 0 04 | 0 1 | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.79 | 103 |
Deaths in Institutions.
The Deaths in Institutions situate in the District
numbered 239, as against 204 in 1906, 178 in 1905, 210
in 1904, 203 in 1903, and 219 in 1902.
These deaths included :—
26 from Phthisis.
17 ,, Cancer (malignant disease).
35 ,, Lung Complaints.
29 „ Heart Diseases.
88 ,, Brain Diseases.
III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act has been
in force in this District since the year 1890. In July of
that year Measles was also included in the list of notifiable
diseases, and in the summer of 1894, it was
considered necessary that Diarrhoea should, for a short
period, also be considered a notifiable desease. Owing