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Croydon 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IIICauses of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1914, excluding Deaths of Strangers at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Purley Cottage Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital, 99, Central Hill (Servants' Reformatory), and adding Deathsof Croydon Residents known to have occurred outside the District.

TABLE III

Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1914, excluding Deaths of Strangers at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Purley Cottage Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital, 99, Central Hill (Servants' Reformatory), and adding Deaths

of Croydon Residents known to have occurred outside the District.

No.CAUSE*LOCALITIES."Institution & Street Deaths which could not be distributed.Total Institution Deaths distributed and not distributed.Inquest Cases.Total all Ages.Males all Ages.Females all Ages.0-1.1-2.2-5.5-15.15-25.25-45.45-65.65 and upwards.
West.North.Central.East.South.South Norwood.Upper Norwood.Thornton Heath.
I.—General Diseases.
1Enteric Fever111......1...1...41523......1112
2Typhus...................................................
3(A B.) Relapsing Fever................................................
(A) Relapsing Fever......................................................
(13) Mediterranean Fever................................................
4Malaria................................................
5Small-pox................................................
(A) Vaccinated................................................
(B) Not vaccinated................................................
(C) Doubtful................................................
6Measles41...1.........1...8(3)...844242
7Scarlet Fever121............1...4...523......121
8Whooping Cough76211411...7...24111312831
9(A) Diphtheria44...2...431...18 (1)...18108...11061
(B C.) Croup................................................
(B) Membranous laryngitis......1........................11.........1
(C) Croup................................................
10Influenza5......324...1...1...159.........9
11Miliary Jever................................................
12Asiatic Cholera................................................
13Cholera Nostras................................................
14Dysentery................................................
15Plague................................................
16Yellow Fever................................................
17Leprosy................................................
18Erysipelas11......1...22...6(1)...7523...31