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 OF CONTENTS.
A.—Vital Statistics—
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Population 9
Area 9
Births 10
Deaths 10
Ward Death Rates 11
Infantile Mortality 12
Diarrhoea and Epidemic Enteritis 13
Death Certification 18
Inquests 18
Small-pox 18
Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Smallpox Hospital 18
Vaccination 18
Measles 19
Scarlet Fever 22
Return cases of Scarlet Fever 22
Epidemic Influenza 22
Whooping Cough 22
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 22
Enteric Fever 26
Erysipelas 33
Tuberculosis 33
Tuberculosis and Milk 34
Midwives' Act, 1902 36
Notification of Births Act, 1907 37
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts 38
Disinfection 38
Local Government Board Returns:
Table I. Vital Statistics of whole District during 1908
and previous years 39
Table II. Vital Statistics of separate localities in 1908
and previous years 40
Table III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during
the year 1908 41
Table IV. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year
1908 42
Table V. Infantile Mortality during the year 1908,
Deaths from stated causes in weeks and
months under one year of age 44
Table VI. Cases notified and deaths from the principal
zymotic diseases for the year 1908 and
preceding years 53