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 1907.
Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
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. | Sanders tead. | Wallington. | Woodmanst'rne | Addington. | Beddington. | Coulsdon. | Merton. | Mitcham. | Morden. | Sanderstead. | Wallington. | Woodmanst'r | ||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup). | 190 | 2 | 39 | 114 | 15 | 20 | .. | .. | 35 | 16 | 28 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 26 | .. | .. | 18 | 12 | 17 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 15 | .. | 124 |
Erysipelas | 56 | 3 | .. | 8 | 5 | 31 | 9 | .. | 4 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 317 | 1 | 56 | 230 | 17 | 13 | .. | 2 | 26 | 124 | 50 | 76 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 40 | 42 | 62 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 186 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteric Fever | 15 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 326 | 10 | 121 | 159 | 20 | 16 | .. | 1 | 79 | 21 | 48 | 147 | 4 | 2 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 917 | 17 | 218 | 516 | 67 | 90 | 9 | 3 | 146 | 175 | 143 | 339 | 17 | 19 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 53 | 62 | 130 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 331 |
The Isolation Hospital is situated at Beddington Corner, Mitcham Junction, but is within the Carahalton Urban District,
The Small Pox Hospital is situated at Cheam, and is the Joint Hospital for Croydon Borough, Wimbledon, Penge, and the Croydon
ural Councils.