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 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. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | ||
Notifiable. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 14 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 759 | 7 | 727 | 9 | 534 | 5 | 661 | 11 | 425 | 8 | 416 | 11 | 291 | 8 | 915 | 2 | 295 | 6 | 391 | 1 | 432 | 5 | |
Diphtheria and (1) Memb.Croup | 267 | 21 | 356 | 24 | 405 | 37 | 286 | 40 | 304 | 40 | 266 | 25 | 312 | 24 | 259 | 18 | 985 | 29 | 448 | 23 | 187 | 25 | |
(2) Erysipelas | 69 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 60 | 5 | 73 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 78 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 79 | 4 | 102 | 5 | 79 | 4 | 71 | 6 | |
Puerperal Fever | 8 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 8 | |
Enteric Fever | 26 | .. | 21 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 59 | 9 | 57 | 11 | 56 | 9 | |
Simple Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | |
Non-notifiable. | Diarrhœa and Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | .. | 27 | .. | 19 | .. | 52 | .. | 30 | .. | 142 | .. | 52 | .. | 95 | .. | 37 | .. | 73 | .. | 129 | .. | 88 |
Enteritis | .. | 24 | .. | 26 | 23 | .. | 26 | .. | 61 | .. | 22 | .. | 35 | .. | 14 | .. | 17 | .. | 37 | .. | 25 | ||
Measles | .. | 31 | .. | 21 | .. | 92 | .. | 8 | .. | 37 | .. | 24 | .. | 62 | .. | 96 | .. | 30 | .. | 21 | .. | 20 | |
Whooping Cough | 20 | .. | 30 | .. | 29 | .. | 32 | .. | 28 | .. | 31 | .. | 15 | .. | 58 | .. | 31 | .. | 25 | .. | 56 | ||
Influenza | .. | 25 | .. | 59 | .. | 52 | .. | 31 | .. | 20 | .. | 30 | .. | 27 | .. | 28 | .. | 58 | .. | 37 | .. | 106 | |
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and . Pleurisy | .. | 251 | .. | 323 | .. | 282 | .. | 316 | .. | 218 | .. | 302 | .. | 314 | .. | 247 | .. | 341 | .. | 983 | .. | 367 | |
\Phthisis | .. | 135 | .. | 152 | .. | 150 | .. | 160 | .. | 173 | .. | 162 | .. | 142 | .. | 151 | .. | 112 | .. | 123 | .. | 135 |
(1) Notifiable since May, 1897. (2) Notifiable since January, 1900.
In the above Table deaths of Non-residents occurring at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital,
General Hospital, Nor wood Cottage Hospital, Purley Cottage Hospital, and "89, Central Hill" (Servants
Reformatory), are excluded. Prior to 1903 correction was only made for the first three institutions.