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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 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE II.Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1918.

TABLE II.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1918.

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.Unrecorded ages.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 6565 & upwd.
Small-pox. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Cholera (C) Plague (P). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Measles10571842750142152. .5216175542111003217452917
German Measles93114481712. .. .186418182215112
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)179255971111. .. .3301482030481955179
Erysipelas44. .136131281743521029210
Scarlet Fever41417026752221. .198498959168333225386
Typhus Fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Enteric Fever17. .. .34622. .. .. .8313. .1. .14
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Puerperal Fever4. .. .. .121. .1. .12. .. .. .. .. .1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis25. .. .3192. .. .1. .. .. .. .. .6. .. .1923
Poliomyelitis. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Pulmonary Tuberculosis378153986182578. .83631032337716273737
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2322. .. .. .. .. .. .181. .. .29. .3. .6
Other forms of Tuberculosis7131327131411161051614631029
Totals230548 |58598825127976186041222213235130860316612388704

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