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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE H. V.
| Visits to Houses where the following Diseases have been reported. | Miss Pirie. | Miss Waterman. | Miss King and Miss Shiner. | Miss Chalk. | Miss Bolton. | Miss Gaul. | Totals | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases. | School Cases. | Other Cases | |||||||||||||||
| 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits | bubse-quent Visits. | 1st Visits | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 27 | 12 | ... | ... | 11 | 1 | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 20 | 8 | ... | ... | 74 | 22 | 1 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 20 | 10 | ... | ... | 15 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 31 | 18 | ... | ... | 21 | 18 | ... | ... | 32 | 17 | ... | 1 | 119 | 69 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| Measles | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | 62 | 1 | ... | ... | 41 | 9 | ... | ... | 46 | 2 | ... | ... | 42 | 1 | ... | ... | 205 | 14 | ... | ... | ||||
| German Measles | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 1 | ... | ... | |||||
| Mumps | 105 | 15 | ... | ... | 199 | 6 | ... | ... | 123 | 4 | ... | ... | 72 | ... | ... | ... | 76 | 3 | ... | ... | 575 | 28 | ... | ... | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 83 | 28 | ... | ... | 219 | 35 | ... | ... | 107 | 37 | ... | ... | 128 | 8 | ... | ... | 160 | 11 | ... | ... | 697 | 119 | ... | ... | ||||
| Chicken pox | 52 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 156 | 7 | ... | ...... | 135 | 4 | ... | ... | 169 | 3 | ... | ... | 701 | 22 | ... | ... | ||||||
| Sore Throat | 136 | 71 | ... | ... | 390 | 127 | 3 | ... | 155 | 21 | ... | ... | 207 | 104 | ... | ... | 195 | 40 | ... | ... | 1083 | 363 | ... | 1 | ||||
| Ringworm (scalp) | 50 | 45 | ... | ... | 42 | 21 | ... | 1 | 1 11 | 4 | ... | ... | 25 | 4 | ... | ... | 42 | ... | ... | ... | 170 | 74 | ... | ... | ||||
| ,, (body) | 15 | 13 | ... | ... | 14 | 22 | ... | ... | 23 | 17 | ... | ...... | 33 | 28 | ... | ... | 26 | ... | ... | ... | 111 | 80 | ... | ... | ||||
| Verminous Heads | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 26 | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Verminous Bodies | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 4 | ... | ... | ||||
| Impetigo Contagiosa | 111 | 178 | ... | ... | 244 | 212 | ... | ... | 156 | 172 | ... | ... | 363 | 515 | ... | ... | 227 | 169 | ... | ... | 1101 | 1246 | ... | ... | ||||
| Scabies | 6 | 7 | ... | ... | 11 | 9 | ... | ... | 14 | 33 | ... | ... | 9 | 6 | ... | ... | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | 49 | 57 | ... | ... | ||||
| Infectious Eye Disease | 26 | 20 | ... | ... | 52 | 20 | 3 | ... | 72 | 52 | ... | ... | 66 | 31 | ... | ... | 84 | 80 | ... | ... | 300 | 203 | 3 | ... | ||||
| Other diseases | 152 | 153 | ... | ... | 268 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 294 | 48 | ... | ... | 253 | 101 | ... | ... | 337 | 104 | ... | ... | 1304 | 467 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Totals | 806 | 561 | ... | ... | 1732 | 523 | 27 | 17 | 1212 | 423 | ... | ... | 1393 | 850 | ... | ... | 1438 | 438 | ... | 1 | 6581 | 2795 | 27 | 18 | ||||
| 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | 1st Visits. | Subsequ't Visits. | |||||||||||||||
| Visits to houses where Infants have been born | ... | ... | 444 | 366 | 413 | 33 | 488 | 349 | 556 | 470 | 935 | 989 | 2836 | 2506 | ||||||||||||||
| Visits to houses where Infants have died under one year of age | ... | ... | 26 | ... | 30 | ... | 27 | ... | 30 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 163 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis cases visited | 385 | 656 | 65 | ... | 24 | 91 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 39 | 5 | 519 | 752 | ||||||||||||||
| Visits paid to Elementary Schools for Medical Inspections | ... | ... | 65 | ... | 37 | ... | 61 | ... | 69 | ... | 60 | ... | 292 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Children prepared for Medical Inspection—Newly Inspected | ... | ... | 1487 | ... | 1847 | ... | 1545 | ... | 1640 | ... | 154b | ... | 8067 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Re-inspected | ... | ... | 298 | ... | 219 | ... | 167 | ... | 380 | ... | 392 | ... | 1456 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Specially Inspected | ... | ... | 137 | ... | 147 | ... | 154 | ... | 118 | ... | 97 | ... | 653 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Other Visits to Elementary Schools | ... | ... | 22 | ... | 4 | ... | 76 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 120 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Home Visits arising out of Medical Inspection | ... | ... | 357 | ... | 144 | 55 | 169 | 23 | 286 | 253 | 275 | 86 | 1231 | 417 | ||||||||||||||
| Home Visits for other information | ... | ...... | 51 | ... | 64 | 113 | ... | 107 | 21 | 96 | 2 | 431 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Cultures taken | ... | ... | 157 | ... | 119 | ... | 227 | ... | 310 | ... | 195 | 1008 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| * This Table does not include the midwives inspections for which see page 25. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||