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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Of the 421 patients admitted, 393 were discharged as cured, and 28 died, viz., 5 from Scarlet Fever (including one death from Tuberculous Meningitis, and one from acute rheumatism), 20 from Diphtheria, one from Puerperal Fever, one from Tuberculosis, and one from Erysipelas.
| Parish. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Tuberculosis. | Erysipelas. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| Addington | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| Beddington | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Coulsdon | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Mitcham | 3† | .. | ||||||||||||
| Sanderstead | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Wallington | .. | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Woodmansterne | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Merton | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Cases admitted by arrangement— | ||||||||||||||
| Caterham | •• | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Totals | 20 | .. | 2 | 28 | ||||||||||
* Patient died from Tuberculous Meningitis,
† Including one death from Acute Rheumatism.