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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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The following table shows the comparative admissions during
1918 and previous years.
TABLE H. III.
| Cases admitted during 1908. | Cases admitted during 1909. | Cases admitted during 1910. | Cages admitted during 1911. | Cases admitted during 1912. | Cases admitted during 1913. | Cases admitted during 1914. | Cases admitted | during 1915. | Cases admitted during 1916. | Case: admitted during 1917. | Cases admitted during 1918. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 497 | 608 | 624 | 381 | 365 | 417 | 653 | 413 | 295 | 201 | 386 (1) |
| Diphtheria | 354 | 292 | 222 | 430 | 600 | 402 | 211 | 200 | 313 | 207 | 179 (2) |
| Cerebro Sp. Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 67 | 24 | 38 | 23 (3) |
| Pulmonary Phthis's | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | 56 | 61 | 44 | 40 | 37 (4) |
| Enteric Fever | 59 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 13(5) |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 (6) |
| Morbilli | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 17 | 25 | 17(7) |
| Rubella | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 (8) |
| M umps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 (9) |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 10 (10) |
| Other diseases | 31 | 45 | 47 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 37(11) |
| Total | 941 | 956 | 908 | 858 | 1006 | 902 | 947 | 778 | 738 | 579 | 711 |
(1) Includes 1 case of Diphtheria.
,, 1 case of Lues.
,, 1 case of Pleurisy.
,, 1 case of Scabies
,, 1 case of Rubella.
„ 2 case of Morbilli.
,, 1 case of Mumps.
,, 1 case of Varicella.
,, 1 case of No disease.
(2) ,, 1 case of Varicella.
,, 7 cases of No disease.
,, 3 cases of Sore Throat.
,, 3 cases of Scarlet Fever.
,, 1 case of Ulcerated Throat.
,, 1 case of Quinsy.
(3) ,, 1 case of Pneumonia.
,, 1 case of Tubercular Meningitis.
,, 1 case of No disease.
(4) ,, 1 case of Tumour of Lungs.
,, 2 cases of Malignant disease of Lungs.
(5) ,, 1 case of Gastritis.
(7) ,, 1 case of Rubella.
,, 1 case of Tuberculosis.
(8) ,, 1 case of Scarlet Fever
(9) ,, 1 case of Parotitis,
(10) ,, 1 case of Pneumonia,
(11) ,, 1 case of Influenza,