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Croydon 1909

[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 15
Inquests 15
Smallpox 15
Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Smallpox Hospital 15
Vaccination 15
Measles 16
Scarlet Fever 17
Return cases of Scarlet Fever 21
Epidemic Influenza 23
Whooping Cough 23
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 23
Return cases of Diphtheria 24
Enteric Fever 26
Puerperal Fever 29
Erysipelas 29
Tuberculosis 29
Tuberculosis and Milk 29
Midwives' Act, 1902 30
Notification of Births Act, 1907 31
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts 31
Disinfection 32
Local Government Board Returns:
Table I. Vital Statistics of whole district during 1909
and previous years 33
Table II. Vital Statistics of separate localities in 1909 and
previous years 34
Table II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the
year 1909 35
Table IV Causes of,and Ages at,Death during year 1909 36
Table V. Infantile Mortality during the year 1909. Deaths
from stated causes in weeks and months under
one year of age 38
Table VI. Cases notified and deaths from the principal
zymotic diseases for the year 1909 and
preceding years 47