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Croydon 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE III

Table: Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1918, 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.

Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year ending December 31st, 1918, 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.CAUSELOCALITIES.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.0-11-2.2-5.5-15.15-25.25 45.45-65.65 and upwards.
WestNorth.Centra .East.South.South Norwood.Upper Norwood.Thornton Heath.
I — General Diseases.
1Enteric Fever1...............1............211............1...1...
2Typhus..................................................................
3(A.B.) Relapsing Fever
(A) Relapsing Fever..................................................................
(15) Mediterranean Fever..................................................................
4Malaria..................................................................
5Small-pox
(A) Vaccinated..................................................................
(B) Not vaccinated..................................................................
(C) Doubtful..................................................................
6Measles...2.....................2...211...2...............
7Scarlet Fever6........................6 (2)...624......141.........
8Whooping Cough312............2...(1)1055721...............
9(A) Diphtheria21.........1............22122121013612............
(B C.) Croup
(B) Membranous laryngitis..................................................................
(C) Croup..................................................................
10Influenza102102347238712039...59(83)447822125771635431011825341
11Miliary Fever..................................................................
12Asiatic Cholera..................................................................
13Cholera Nostras..................................................................
14Dysentery...........................(1)....................................
16Plague..................................................................
16Yellow Fever..................................................................
17Leprosy..................................................................
18Erysipelas...11............1...1...3...3...............111