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 1910.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | ||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 & upwd. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 267 | 4 | 63 | 166 | 16 | 18 | .. | 66 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 55 | 34 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 208 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 69 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 759 | 6 | 171 | 489 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 301 | 131 | 61 | 73 | 47 | 68 | 17 | 61 | .. | 264 | 102 | 49 | 53 | 33 | 60 | 17 | 42 | .. | 620 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 26 | .. | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 17 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 130 | .. | 1 | 12 | 22 | 86 | 9 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1259 | 12 | 241 | 674 | 99 | 215 | 18 | 431 | 216 | 110 | 109 | 98 | 135 | 28 | 114 | 18 | 322 | 136 | 68 | 76 | 62 | 89 | 21 | 70 | 1 | 845 |
The Borough (Fever) Isolation Hospital is situated in the West Ward.
The Croydon and Wimbledon (Smallpox) Isolation Hospital is at North Cheam.