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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE VIII.
| 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. | |
| Measles | 223 | 12 | ... | ... | 168 | 18 | ... | ... | 307 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 177 | 10 | ... | ... | 103 | 2 | ... | ... | 978 | 48 | 8 | 8 |
| German Measles | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | . | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... |
| Mumps | 86 | 13 | ... | ... | 96 | 7 | ... | ... | 84 | 2 | ... | ... | 199 | 14 | ... | ... | 523 | 21 | ... | ... | 988 | 57 | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 93 | 17 | ... | ... | 80 | 28 | ... | ... | 93 | ... | ... | ... | 60 | 10 | ... | ... | 171 | 5 | ... | ... | 497 | 60 | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 68 | 3 | ... | ... | 144 | 11 | ... | ... | 87 | 1 | ... | ... | 85 | 3 | ... | ... | 179 | 10 | ... | ... | 563 | 28 | ... | ... |
| Sore Throat | 152 | 57 | 36 | 64 | 215 | 132 | 26 | 38 | 183 | 17 | 5 | ... | 132 | 71 | 25 | 68 | 173 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 855 | 316 | 97 | 180 |
| Ringworm | 40 | 116 | ... | ... | 65 | 154 | ... | ... | 71 | 56 | ... | ... | 61 | 206 | 1 | ... | 89 | 118 | ... | ... | 326 | 650 | 1 | ... |
| Verminous Heads | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 31 | 11 | 6 | ... | |
| Verminous Bodies | 24 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Impetigo Contagiosa | 56 | 76 | ... | ... | 97 | 176 | ... | ... | 169 | 165 | ... | ... | 84 | 209 | 1 | ... | 79 | 213 | ... | ... | 485 | 839 | 1 | ... |
| Scabies | 7 | 9 | ... | ... | 7 | 30 | 6 | 4 | ... | ... | 9 | 18 | ... | ... | 7 | 21 | ... | ... | 36 | 82 | ... | ... | ||
| Other diseases | 98 | 66 | 11 | 7 | 162 | 91 | 27 | 32 | 187 | 43 | 74 | 30 | 58 | 64 | 23 | 11 | 265 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 770 | 348 | 137 | 81 |
| Totals | 855 | 373 | 48 | 72 | 1037 | 647 | 53 | 70 | 1226 | 297 | 94 | 39 | 867 | 613 | 51 | 79 | 1594 | 513 | 7 | 10 | 5579 | 2443 | 253 | 270 |
| 1st Visits, | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | lst Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | 1st Visits. | 2nd Visits. | |||||||||||||
| Visits to houses where Infants have been born | 533 | 379 | 729 | 541 | 1011 | 492 | 656 | 536 | 838 | 590 | 3767 | 2538 | ||||||||||||
| Visits to houses where Infants have died under one year of age | 20 | 4 | 26 | ... | 67 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 43 | ... | 201 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Addresses given re Infant feeding, etc. | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 30 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Phthisis cases visited | 13 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 70 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 129 | 86 | ||||||||||||
| Visits paid to Elementary Schools for Medical Inspections | 49 | ... | 64 | ... | 92 | 58 | ... | 61 | ... | 324 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Other Visits to Elementary Schools | 18 | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 34 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Number of Children prepared for Medical Inspection—Newly Inspected | 994 | ... | 1290 | ... | 1504 | 1266 | ... | 1421 | ... | 6475 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Re-inspected | 55 | ... | 224 | ... | 285 | 130 | ... | 171 | ... | 865 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Specially Inspected | 13 | ... | 50 | ... | 89 | 64 | ... | 55 | ... | 271 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Home Visits arising out of Medical Inspection | 72 | 13 | 112 | 44 | 107 | 43 | 65 | 10 | 132 | 40 | 488 | 150 | ||||||||||||
| Home Visits for other information | 103 | 10 | 198 | 66 | 200 | 1 | 131 | 15 | 198 | 16 | 830 | 108 | ||||||||||||
| Cultures taken | 381 | ... | 216 | ... | 293 | 284 | ... | 269 | ... | 1443 | ... | |||||||||||||