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Croydon 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE V.

Table showing the number of cases notified and deaths from the principal zymotic diseases for the Year 1918

and ten preceding Years.

Disease.1918.1917.1916.1915.1914.1913.1912.1911.1910.1909.1908.
Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.CasesDeaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.| Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
Notifiable.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis25118..291249............................
Poliomyelitis....1..2..41............................
Small Pox............................................
Scarlet Fever41461912297441457485470347624687759772795345
Diphtheria and (1) Memb.Croup17922191931241951422618451167672551437267213562440537
(2) Erysipelas4435635218239671076846795691923605
Puerperal Fever433171125936410312481165105
Enteric Fever1526..13..22320532632724726213525
Simple Continued Fever............................................
Tuberculosis (3)378204397157326223550238503192519202312140240165130135139152106150
Non-notifiable.Measles (4)10572294429462....108..8..58..31..29..31..21..92
Rubella93..2439..636..................................
Diarrhœa and Enteritis..48..11..50..62..67..85..58..147..51..45..75
Whooping Cough..10..9..27..12..24..23..13..38..20..30..29
Influenza..478..20..46..45..15..26..18..14..25..59..52
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy..362..302..329..399..313..297..250..280..251..323..282

(1) Notifiable since May, 1897. (2) Notifiable since January, 1900. (3) Voluntary Notification, 1905-09. Poor Law Cases, Compulsorily
Notifiable since 1st Jan., 1909- Cases Treated in Hospital, Compulsorily Notifiable since 1st May, 1911. All cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
notifiable since 1st January, 1912. All forms of Tuberculosis notifiable since 1st February, 1913. (4) Notifiable since January 1st, 1916.
In the above Table deaths of Non-residents occurring at the Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, Borough Hospital,
General Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital, Purley Cottage Hospital, and 99, Central Hill (Servants
Reformatory), are excluded. Prior to 1903 correction was only made for the first three institutions.