[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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The births were distributed as follows

	Total	Birth rale per 1,00estimated population

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The nett death-rates for the four quarters of the year were :—

	1910.	Average for 1900-1909.

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The Ward deaths for the year were as follows :—

	Deaths.	Death-rate per 1000.

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Table A.— Crude and Corrected Death Rates per 1,000 Persons living in 77 Great Towns in 1905.9 and in 1910.

Towns, in the order of their Corrected Death rates, 1910.	Factor for Correction for Sex & Age Distribution¹	Crude Death rate.		Corrected Death rate.		Comparative Mortality Figure, 1910.†
		Average 1905.9.	1910.	Average 1905.9.	1910.

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Table A continued. — Crude and Corrected Death.rates per 1,009 Persons living in 77 Great Towns in 1905.9 and in 1910 —continued.

Towns in the order of their Corrected Death.rates, 1910.	Factor for Correction for Sex & Age Distribution *	Crude Death.rate.		Corrected Death rate.		Comparative Mortality Figure, 1910.
		Average 1905.9.	1910.	Average 1905.9.	1910.

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I'he figures for the various Wards were :—

	Births,	Deaths under 1 year	Death-rate per 1000 Births (all causes)	Death-rate per 1000 births from " diarrhoea " diseases.

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The following table shows the fluctuations since 1892 in the infantile mortality from " all causes," from "diarrheal diseases*," and from "causes other than diarrhœal."

Years.	Total Infantile Mortality from all causes.	Infantile Mortality from " diarrhceal diseases.	Infantile Mortality from other than 'diarrhœal" diseases.

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TABLE A.

	Infants dying *rom Diarrhoeal Diseases. 0-6 months.	Infants dying from other than Diarrhoeal Diseases. 0-6 months.	Infants surviving 6 month	Total investigated.

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TABLE B gives the same information expressed in percentages.

	All infants investigated under 6 months.	Infants dying from Diarrhoea Diseases.	Infants dying from other than Diarrheal Diseases.

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The following are the figures for 1910 and the preceding six years :—

Year	Cases reported to Elementary Schools	Deaths

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The particulars of each of the 52 suspected patients are given in the following table :—

No of Register	Discharged Patient.			Days in Hospital.	Length of illness.	Nut s as to any abnormality on Discharge.	Onset and number of return case.	Interval between discharge of pati nt and onset of return case.
	Age.	Sex.	Date of Discharge.

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Discharged Patient.						Notes as to any ahnormality on Discharge.	Onset and number of return case.	Interval between discharge of patient and onset of return case.
No. in Register.	Age.	Sex.	Dale of Discharge.	Days in Hospital	Length of illness.	Notes as to any ahnormality on Discharge.	Onset and number of return case.

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The quarterly incidence of cases and deaths in 1910 and previous years is shown in the following table:— Diphtheria.

	Year.
	1904.	1905.	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909.	1910.

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In my last Annual Report I called attention to the fact that many patients die from diphtheria because they do not come under treatment sufficiently early in the course of the disease. The following are the approximate times at which patients came under treatment during 1910:—

Day of Disease.	Patients.	Deaths	Mortality, per cent.

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ENTERIC FEVER. ( Deducting wrong diagnosis and definitely imported cases ) .

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TABLE I. For whole District, (or Calendar Year 1910.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Births.		Deaths under One Year of Age.		Deaths at all Ages. Total.		Deaths in Public Institutions.	Deaths of Non-residents registered in District.	Deaths of Resident registered beyondDistrict.	Deaths at all Ages Nett d.
Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Number.	Rate.¹	Number.	Rate per 1,000 Births registered.	Number.	Rate.*	Deaths in Public Institutions.	Deaths of Non-residents registered in District.	Deaths of Resident registered beyondDistrict.	Number.	Rate*

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TABLE II. Vital Statistics of separate Wards in 1910 and previous years.

Names of Localities.	1. West Ward				2. Central Ward.				3. East Ward.				4. South Ward.				5. South Norwood Ward.				6. Upper Norwood Sub-Division.				7. Thorntor Heath Sub-Division.				8. Undistributed Institution Births and Deaths.
Year.	Population estimate to middle of each year.	Births Registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births Registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births Registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births Registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births Registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year	Population estimated at middle of each year.	Births Registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths tinder 1 Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births Registered.	Deaths at a 1 ages.	Deaths under 1 Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births Registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year
	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d

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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.

Cases notified in whole District.							Total Cases notified in each Locality.									No. of Cases removed to Hospital from
Cases notified in whole District.							1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
At all Ages. .	At Ages—Years.						West.	North.	Central.	East.	South.	South Norwood.	Upper Norwood.	Thornton Heath.	Institution cases which could not he distributed.	West.	North.	Central.	East.	South.	South Norwood.	Upper Norwood.	Thornton Heath.	Institution Cases.	Total.
At all Ages. .	Under 1.	1 to 5.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 65.	65 & upwd.	West.	North.	Central.	East.	South.	South Norwood.	Upper Norwood.	Thornton Heath.	Institution cases which could not he distributed.	West.	North.	Central.	East.	South.	South Norwood.	Upper Norwood.	Thornton Heath.	Institution Cases.	Total.

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TABLE IV. Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1910. excluding Deaths of Stranger, at he Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Cottage Hospital Purley, Cottage Hospital Upper Norwood, 89, Central Hill (Servants' Reformatory), and adding Deaths of Croydon Residents known to have occurred outside the District.

Schedule No.	Causes of Death in Croydon during the Year ending December 31st, 1910.	Deaths in whole District at Subjoined Ages.									Deaths in Localities at All l Aces.								Institution and Street Deaths which could not be distributed.	Total Institution Deaths distributed and not distributed.	Inquest Cases.
		all Ages.			Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 2ft.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	West.	North.	Central.	East.	South.	South Norwood.	Upper Norwood.	Thornton Heath.
		Total	M.	F.	Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 2ft.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	West.	North.	Central.	East.	South.	South Norwood.	Upper Norwood.	Thornton Heath.

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TABLE IV— continued. Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1910.

Schedule No.	Causes of Death in Croydor during the Year ending December 31st, 1909.	Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.									Deaths in Localities at all Ages.								Institution and Street Deaths which could not be distributed.	Total Institution Deaths distributed and not distributed.	Inquest Cases
		all ages.			Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	West.	North.	Central.	East.	South.	South Norwood.	Upper Norwood.	Thornton Heath.
		Total.	M.	^F.	Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	West.	North.	Central.	East.	South.	South Norwood.	Upper Norwood.	Thornton Heath.

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TABLE V. County Borough of Croydon—Whole District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of

'CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-20 Months.	Total Deaths Under One Year.

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TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—West Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths Under One Year.

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TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—North Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 0ne Year of Age

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths Under One Year.

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TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—Central Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths Under One Year

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TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—East Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age

CAUSE OF DEATH.	1 Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths 1 Under One Year.

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TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—South Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Heaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths Under One Year.

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TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—South Norwood Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths Under One Year.

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TABLE V.— continued County Borough of Croydon—Upper Norwood Ward District INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under I Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths Under One Year

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TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—Thornton Heath Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Ag e.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths Under One Year.

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TABLE VI. I able showing the number of cases notified and deaths from the principal zymotic diseases for the Year 1910 and ten preceding Years.

Disease.		1910.		1909.		1908.		1907.		1906.		1905.		1904.		1903.		1902.		1901.		1900.
Disease.		Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths	Cases.	Deaths	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.

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The receipts and expenditure (exclusive of sinking fund and interest) for the past five years were :—

	Receipts.			Expenditure,
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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The following Table gives the situation of the ten registered houses and the accommodation provided therein :—

Premises.	No. of Rooms.	Accommodation.

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At the present moment the following houses are registered as houses let in lodgings :—

	Houses.

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The following is a list of the various matters requiring attention :-

	Factories.	Workshops	Laundries	Bakehouses.	Workplaces.	Outworkers.	Total

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The following are the approximate number of animals slaughtered at Pitlake :—

Municipal.	Beasts.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Calvcs.	Total.

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Summary of totals for last five years :—

	Beasts.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Calves.	Total.

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The visits paid by Inspector Low in connection with the milk and meat trades are shown in the following Table :—

Nature of Premises	WARD. • No. of Inspections.							Total
Nature of Premises	North.	West,	Central	East.	South,	S. Nor'	U. Nor.

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MEAT AND FOOD The following is a summary of the meat and other articles of food destroyed as unfit for consumption during the year :—

ARTICLES.	Weight in lbs.			Remarks.
ARTICLES.	Diseased.	Unsound.	Total.	Remarks.

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The whole carcases condemned were affected as undernoted :—

	Tuberculosis.	Peritonitis.	Pleuri y.	Enteritis.	Pneumonia.	jaundice.	Diarrhoea.	\| Septicaemia	Parturient fever	Pyaemia.	Emaciated, various causes.	Immatures.	Injured, etc.	Unsound,	Total carcases.	Total Weight of carcases in lbs.

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Summary of tuberculous carcases found and action taken :—

Animals affected.	Action taken.
Animals affected.	Carcase and all internal organs destroyed.	Part of carcase and all internal organs destroyed.	All or part of internal organs destroyed.	Total,

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FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. Table XI. gives the number of samples taken by Mr. Saunders during the year, the results of the analyses and the action taken thereon. PROSECUTIONS, 1910

Date.	Defendant.	Charge.	Result.	Penalty.			Costs.
				£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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TABLE VII. 1910.

	No. of Samples.	No. below Standard.	Percentage of Samples below Standard.	Average percentage of fat of Genuine Samples.

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TABLE VIII. HEALTH VISITORS.- -The following is a summary of the work done and visits paid by the five Health Visitors.

Visits to Houses where the following Diseases have been reported.	Miss Tawney.				Miss Chapman.				Miss Raw.				Miss Sttvens.				Miss King.				Totals.
	School Cases.		Other Cases.		School Case".		Other Cases.		School	Cases.	Other Cases.		School Cases.		Other Cases.		School	Cases.	Other Cases.		School Cases.		Other Cases.
	1st Visits.	2nd Visits.	1st Visits.	2nd Visits.	1st Visits	2nd Visits.	1st Visits.	2 d Visits.	1st Visits.	2nd Visits.	lst Visits.	2nd Virifs.	lst Visits.	2nd Visits.	1st Visits.	2nd Visits.	1st Visits.	2nd Visit?.	1st Visits.	2nd Visits.	1st Visits.	2nd Visits.	1st Visits.	2nd Visits.

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TABLE IX. Work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year ending December 31st, 1910.

NATURE OF CASES DEALT WITH.	Insp. Culver.	Insp. Earwickerj	Insp. Peck.	Ins. Richardson	Insp. Davis	Insp. Bull.	Insp. Fulker.	Insp. Vincent.	Insp. Flint.	Insp. Hunt.	Total

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TABLE X. Workshops on Register, number of Employees, and visits paic during the year.

TRADE	No. of Workshops.	No. of Employees.	No. of Visits.

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TABLE XI. Food and Drugs Acts Total Number of Samples taken during the year 1910.

Sample of	Total Samples	Genuine.	Not Genuine.	Prosecutions.	Convictions.	Cautions

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TABLE XII. Particulars of Samples taken during the eleven years 1900 to 1910 inclusive :—

Year.	Number of Samples taken.	Number Genuine.	* Number Adulterated.	Percentage ofAdulterated.	Prosecutions.	Total amount of Fines and Costs imposed.

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TABLE XIII. METEORO LOGIC AI RECORD—YEAR 1910. Rein Gauge 5-in. in diameter, 1-ft. above ground, 146-ft. above sea level. Temperature taken in the shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 4-ft. from the ground. The Ground Thermometer is suspended in an iron tube, the bulb being 4-ft. below the level of the ground.

Months	Temperature of Air during the Month.				Mean Temperature of Air.	Difference from average 50 years at Greenwich.	Mean Temperature of Ground at 4-ft.	Mean Temperature of the Dew Point.	Mean Tensional Differen e between Ground and Dew Point at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.	Rainfall.
			Mean of							No. of Days on which Rain fell.	Amount collected in Inches.	Difference from average 85 years at Greenwich
	Highest.	Lowest.	All Highest.	All Lowest.						No. of Days on which Rain fell.	Amount collected in Inches.	Difference from average 85 years at Greenwich

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The following Table shows the Highest and Lowest number of beds occupied on any one night during each month of the year 1910 :— TABLE H. 1.

Month.	Beds Occupied.		Month.	Beds Occupied.
Month.	Highest.	Lowest.	Month.	Highest.	Lowest.

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The following Table gives the total number admitted from the Borough and other Districts during the year 1910 TABLE H. 11.

Districts	Remaining at end of 1909.	Admitted during 1910.	Discharged during 1910.	Died during 1910.	Remaining at end of 1910.

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TABLE H. III .

Hospital diagnosis	Cases admitted during 1905.	Cases admitted during 1906.	Cases admitted during 1907.	Cases admitted during 1908.	Cases admitted during 1909.	Cases admitted during 1910.

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TABLE H. iv.

Disease.	Remaining at end of 1909.	Admitted during 1910.	Discharged during 1910.	Died during 1910.	Remaining at end of 1910.	Average Residence in days.		Probable detention in Hospital in days.
Disease.	Remaining at end of 1909.	Admitted during 1910.	Discharged during 1910.	Died during 1910.	Remaining at end of 1910.	Fatal Cases.	Non-Fatal Cases.	Non-Fatal Cases.	Fatal Cases.

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The following Table gives the fatality from each disease:— TABLE H. v.

	1907.	1908.	1909.	1910.

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4. —Under " Other Diseases " are included the following :— Cases notified as Scarlet Fever but not Scarlet Fever:—

Total	18
	No. of Cases.	Result.

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Cases admitted as Diphtheria and found not to be Diphtheria :—

Total	20
	No. of Cases.	Result.

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Cases admitted as Enteric Fever and found not to be so :—

Total	8
	No. of Cases.	Result.

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T CROYDON E Detailed Analysis of Expenditure under all Heads fo ABLE XIV. 50R0UGH HOSPITAL. r the Year ending March 25th, 1910, and four preceding Years.

Year ending March.	Average No. of Patients.	Provisions.						Alcohol.					Surgery aud Dispensary.						Domestic, including Coal and Gas.						Establishment and Miscellaneous Charges.												Salaries and Wages.
Year ending March.	Average No. of Patients.	Total.			Average Cost Per Bed occupied.			Total.			Average Cost per Bed occupied.		Total.			Average Cost per Bed occupied.			Total.			Average Cost per Bed occupied.			Establishment Charges and Repa rs.			' M iscellaneous Charges.			Total.			Average Cost per Bed occupied.			Medical Dispensing, Nursing & other.			Average Cost per Bed occupied.			Total Ordinary Expenditure.			Total Average Cost per Bed.			Sinking Fund and Interest.			Total Cost per Patient, including Sinking Fund and Interest.
		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	.s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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TABLE H. vi Illness amongst the staff, 1910 :—

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For the first few years of its existence comparative little us was made of the laboratory, as is shown by the following table:—

Year.	Specimens examined for Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, and Tuberculosis.
Year.	Borough Cases (outside the Hospital.	Hospital Cases.	Totals.

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CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY. The following is a summary of the number of specimens examined for suspected diphtheria, enteric fever, or tuberculosis:—

	Suspected Diphtheria.		Serum reaction for suspected Enteric Fever.		Sputum for suspected Tuberculosis.
	1910		1910		1910
	Boro ugh	Hospital.	Borough	Hospital	Borough	Hospital

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The following table gives a summary of the serum re-actions obtained in the laboratory during 1910:- RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR DISEASES SIMULATING ENTERIC FEVER.

1910.	Examinations for Borough.			Examinations for Hospital.			Total.
	Agglutinative Reactions.			Agglutinative Reactions.			Agglutinative Reactions for all purposes.
	+	_	Total	+	-	Total	+	-	Total

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The following table shows the number of specimens examined for the detection of B. Tuberculosis during 1910:- RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

1910.	Examinations for the Borough.			Examinations for the Hospital.			Total.
	All Examinations.			All Examinations.			All Examinations.
	+	-	Total	+	-	Total	+	-	Total

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The following table shows the number of children whose medical inspection schedules were completed during 1910:— TABLE E. I. Total number inspected during 1910.

Age.	Number of Boys.	Number of Girls.	Total.

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Total number inspected during 1910 classified according to the schools attended at the end of the year:—

Council Schools :—		BOYS.	GIRLS.

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Continued from previous page...

Council Schools (continued)—			boys.		girls.

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THE WORK OF THE OPHTHALMIC SURGEON. The following table prepared by Mr. Wray shows the schools inspected by him for eye trouble, the conditions found, and the number of children concerning whom advice was offered:— TABLE E. II.

	Davidson Road.	Ingram Road.	Portland Road.	South Norwood.	St. Saviour's.	St. Mark's.	Shirley.	Winterbourne Road.	Whitehorse Road.	Woodside.	Total

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HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS The following tables give the average heights and weights of the children measured in 1910. The numbers are omitted for groups of less than ten. TABLE E. III . HEIGHTS OF BOYS.

Age	Number Examined.	Height in Centimetres.	Height in Inches.	B.A. Anthropometric Committee, 1883. All Classes.
Age	Number Examined.	Height in Centimetres.	Height in Inches.	Number Examined.	Average Height
					Inches.

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WEIGHTS. WEIGHTS OF BOYS.

Age.	Number Examined.	Weight in Kilos.	Weight in Pounds.	B.A. Anthropometric Committee, 1883. All Classes.
Age.	Number Examined.	Weight in Kilos.	Weight in Pounds.	Number Examined.	Average Weight.
					Pounds:

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TABLE E IV. BOYS' SCHOOLS.

Nature of Defects.
Want of Cleanliness.					Clothing.			Malnutriton.	Sub-normal Vision.	Extl. Eye Disease.	Nasopharyngeal Obstrn.	Ear Trouble	Deformity and Spinal Dis.		Affections to the Heart.	Lung Trouble.		Infectious or Contagious Disease.	Mentally Defective	Sundry Defects	Teeth.
Heads.			Body.		Clothing.		Defective Footgear.						Lateral Curvative.	Other Deformities.		Phthisis ? Phthisis-	Other Lung Trouble.				Urgent Defects.	Other Defects of any kind.
Verminous	Nits only.	Dirty.	Verminous	Dirty.	Defective.	Dirty.	Defective Footgear.						Lateral Curvative.	Other Deformities.		Phthisis ? Phthisis-	Other Lung Trouble.				Urgent Defects.	Other Defects of any kind.

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GIRLS' SCHOOLS.

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INFANTS' (BOYS') SCHOOLS.

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INFANTS' (GIRLS') SCHOOLS.

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TOTALS ALL AGES BOYS' AND GIRLS.

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DENTAL DEFECTS. The prevalence of dental trouble is shown by the following table. TABLE E. V. BOYS.

Age.	Number Examined.	Urgent Defects of Teeth.	Other Defects of Teeth.	Number with sound Teeth.	Percent'ge with sound Teeth.

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GIRLS.

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TABLE E.VI. RINGWORM, 1910.

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TABLE E. VII. Interval between the first application of X-rays to the date of examination and when freed for school.

Days		No. of cases

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TABLE E. VIII. RINGWORM OF THE SCALP.

Age at which disease began.	Male.	Female.	Total

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TABLL E. ix. Cases of illness reported by School Teachers or Attendance Officers (including duplicate reports):—

Illness as reported by Teachers or Attendance Officers.	Ist Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.

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Cases of illness reported to the Education Committee by the Public Health Department:—

Illness.	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.

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TABLE E. x.

	1st Visits.	2nd Visits.

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9. TABLE OF FEEDS.

Age of Child.	How often fed.	Average quantity for each feed. Milk. Barley Water.

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The births were distributed as follows

The nett death-rates for the four quarters of the year were :—

The Ward deaths for the year were as follows :—

Table A.— Crude and Corrected Death Rates per 1,000 Persons living in 77 Great Towns in 1905.9 and in 1910.

Table A continued. — Crude and Corrected Death.rates per 1,009 Persons living in 77 Great Towns in 1905.9 and in 1910 —continued.

I'he figures for the various Wards were :—

The following table shows the fluctuations since 1892 in the infantile mortality from " all causes," from "diarrheal diseases*," and from "causes other than diarrhœal."

TABLE A.

TABLE B gives the same information expressed in percentages.

The following are the figures for 1910 and the preceding six years :—

The particulars of each of the 52 suspected patients are given in the following table :—

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The quarterly incidence of cases and deaths in 1910 and previous years is shown in the following table:— Diphtheria.

In my last Annual Report I called attention to the fact that many patients die from diphtheria because they do not come under treatment sufficiently early in the course of the disease. The following are the approximate times at which patients came under treatment during 1910:—

ENTERIC FEVER. ( Deducting wrong diagnosis and definitely imported cases ) .

TABLE I. For whole District, (or Calendar Year 1910.

TABLE II. Vital Statistics of separate Wards in 1910 and previous years.

TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.

TABLE IV— continued. Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1910.

TABLE V. County Borough of Croydon—Whole District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of

TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—West Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—North Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 0ne Year of Age

TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—Central Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—East Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age

TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—South Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Heaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—South Norwood Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age

TABLE V.— continued County Borough of Croydon—Upper Norwood Ward District INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.— continued. County Borough of Croydon—Thornton Heath Ward District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Ag e.

TABLE VI. I able showing the number of cases notified and deaths from the principal zymotic diseases for the Year 1910 and ten preceding Years.

The receipts and expenditure (exclusive of sinking fund and interest) for the past five years were :—

The following Table gives the situation of the ten registered houses and the accommodation provided therein :—

At the present moment the following houses are registered as houses let in lodgings :—

The following is a list of the various matters requiring attention :-

The following are the approximate number of animals slaughtered at Pitlake :—

Summary of totals for last five years :—

The visits paid by Inspector Low in connection with the milk and meat trades are shown in the following Table :—

MEAT AND FOOD The following is a summary of the meat and other articles of food destroyed as unfit for consumption during the year :—

The whole carcases condemned were affected as undernoted :—

Summary of tuberculous carcases found and action taken :—

FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. Table XI. gives the number of samples taken by Mr. Saunders during the year, the results of the analyses and the action taken thereon. PROSECUTIONS, 1910

TABLE VII. 1910.

TABLE VIII. HEALTH VISITORS.- -The following is a summary of the work done and visits paid by the five Health Visitors.

TABLE IX. Work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year ending December 31st, 1910.

TABLE X. Workshops on Register, number of Employees, and visits paic during the year.

TABLE XI. Food and Drugs Acts Total Number of Samples taken during the year 1910.

TABLE XII. Particulars of Samples taken during the eleven years 1900 to 1910 inclusive :—

The following Table shows the Highest and Lowest number of beds occupied on any one night during each month of the year 1910 :— TABLE H. 1.

The following Table gives the total number admitted from the Borough and other Districts during the year 1910 TABLE H. 11.

TABLE H. III .

TABLE H. iv.

The following Table gives the fatality from each disease:— TABLE H. v.

4. —Under " Other Diseases " are included the following :— Cases notified as Scarlet Fever but not Scarlet Fever:—

Cases admitted as Diphtheria and found not to be Diphtheria :—

Cases admitted as Enteric Fever and found not to be so :—

T CROYDON E Detailed Analysis of Expenditure under all Heads fo ABLE XIV. 50R0UGH HOSPITAL. r the Year ending March 25th, 1910, and four preceding Years.

TABLE H. vi Illness amongst the staff, 1910 :—

For the first few years of its existence comparative little us was made of the laboratory, as is shown by the following table:—

CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY. The following is a summary of the number of specimens examined for suspected diphtheria, enteric fever, or tuberculosis:—

The following table gives a summary of the serum re-actions obtained in the laboratory during 1910:- RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR DISEASES SIMULATING ENTERIC FEVER.

The following table shows the number of specimens examined for the detection of B. Tuberculosis during 1910:- RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

The following table shows the number of children whose medical inspection schedules were completed during 1910:— TABLE E. I. Total number inspected during 1910.

Total number inspected during 1910 classified according to the schools attended at the end of the year:—

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THE WORK OF THE OPHTHALMIC SURGEON. The following table prepared by Mr. Wray shows the schools inspected by him for eye trouble, the conditions found, and the number of children concerning whom advice was offered:— TABLE E. II.

HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS The following tables give the average heights and weights of the children measured in 1910. The numbers are omitted for groups of less than ten. TABLE E. III . HEIGHTS OF BOYS.

WEIGHTS. WEIGHTS OF BOYS.

TABLE E IV. BOYS' SCHOOLS.

GIRLS' SCHOOLS.

INFANTS' (BOYS') SCHOOLS.

INFANTS' (GIRLS') SCHOOLS.

TOTALS ALL AGES BOYS' AND GIRLS.