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Croydon 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE II.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1915.

Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.Total Casks 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 45.45 to 65.65 & upw d.
Small-pox....................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)....................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).,19535410123122..273512277441429..179
Erysipelas8241293524722188232126..2
Scarlet Fever414211721753241..6081306635666016..363
Typhus Fever....................................
Enteric Fever22..245911425344......12
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)....................................
Puerperal Fever12......48....51211..11..9
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis24231045....8322333....18
Poliomyelitis4....4..........1......2..1..2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3030............1434224..1..2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis3791123975190557832522364480106910185
Other forms of Tuberculosis17143769371671559169929338323
Totals13334622644621029990162781781011481082539316113795

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