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 II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1914.
Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Totals. | |||||||
Addington. | Beddington. | Coulsdon. | Mitcham. | Sanderstead. | Wallington. | Woodmanst'rne | Addington. | Beddington. | Coulsdon. | Mitcham. | Sanderstead. | Wallington. | Woodmanst'rne | ||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 141 | 2 | 22 | 90 | 15 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | 28 | 19 | 57 | 3 | 23 | 11 | .. | 8 | 19 | 54 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 115 |
Erysipelas | 45 | .. | 3 | 2, | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 242 | 2 | 44 | 157 | 28 | 10 | 1 | .. | 3 | 34 | 25 | 132 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 114 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 190 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 86 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 24 | .. | 6 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 10 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 560 | 13 | 79 | 267 | 71 | 88 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 86 | 69 | 285 | 12 | 75 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 32 | 177 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 315 |
The Isolation Hospital is situated at Beddington Corner, Mitcham Junction, but is within the Carshalton Urban District.
The Small Pox Hospital is situated at Cheam, and is the Joint Hospital for Croydon Borough, Wimbledon, Penge, Croydon Rural
and Merton Councils.