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 6
Area 9
Births 10
Deaths 10
Ward Death Rates n
Infantile Mortality 14
Diarrhoea and Epidemic En' erit s 14
Death Certification 16
Inquests 16
Smallpox 16
Crovdon and Wimbledon Joint Smallpox Hospital 17
Vaccination 19
Measles 19
Scarlet Fever 20
Return cases of Scarlet Fever 20
Epidemic Influenza 22
Whooping Cough 22
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 22
Enteric Fever 26
Puerperal Fever 28
Erysipelas 28
Tuberculosis 28
Tuberculosis and Milk 29
Midwives' Act, 1902 29
Notification o! Births Art, 1907 30
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts 31
Disinfection 31
Local Government Board Returns :
Table I Vital Statistics of whole district during 1910
and previous years 32
Table II Vital Statistics of separate localities in 1910 and
previous years 33
Table III Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the
year 1910 34
Table IV Causes of,and Ages at,Death during year 1910 35
Table V Infantile Mortality during ihe year 1910 Deaths
from stated causes in weeks and months under
one year of age 37
Table VI Cases notified and deaths from the principal
zymotic diseases for the year 1910 and
preceding years 46