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 Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals or Sanatoria. | |||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | West. | North. | Central. | East. | South. | South Norwood. | Upper Norwood. | Thornton Heath. | Institution cases which could not be distributed. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 46 to 56 | 65 & upwad. | ||||||||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup | 226 | 2 | 53 | 133 | 24 | 13 | 1 | .. | 43 | 46 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 39 | 11 | 41 | .. | 195 |
Erysipelas | 96 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 19 | .. | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 748 | 6 | 207 | 452 | 50 | 29 | 4 | 97 | 152 | 59 | 53 | 62 | 149 | 87 | 89 | 629 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 20 | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 13 |
Relapsing Fever (R) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 361 | 2 | 14 | 47 | 78 | 175 | 40 | 5 | 87 | 57 | 26 | 37 | 35 | 62 | 10 | 37 | 10 | 169 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 142 | 10 | 36 | 55 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 25 | .. | 15 | 7 | 18 |
Totals | 1629 | 53 | 313 | 694 | 180 | 288 | 85 | 16 | 307 | 307 | 109 | 135 | 131 | 300 | 112 | 211 | 17 | 1029 |
The Borough (Fever) Isolation Hospital is situated in the West Ward.
The Croydon and Wimbledon (Smallpox) Isolation Hospital is at North Cheam.