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Croydon 1914

[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.
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 5665 & upwad.
Small-pox......................................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)......................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup22625313324131..4346122311391141..195
Erysipelas96621736359231765718119..3
Scarlet Fever748620745250294971525953621498789629
Typhus Fever....................................
Enteric Fever20..16283..251232..5..13
Relapsing Fever (R)....................................
Puerperal Fever9......36....51......1..2..2
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis....................................
Poliomyelitis....................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2727............103121433....
Pulmonary Tuberculosis3612144778175405875726373562103710169
Other forms of Tuberculosis14210365516212240264131225..15718
Totals1629533136941802888516307307109135131300112211171029

The Borough (Fever) Isolation Hospital is situated in the West Ward.
The Croydon and Wimbledon (Smallpox) Isolation Hospital is at North Cheam.