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Croydon 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE V.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified and Deaths from Infectious Diseases during the Year 1924.

Cases notified of whole DistrictTotal Cases notified in each Locality.Total Cases Removed to Hospitals or SanatoriaTotal Cases Treated at HomeDeaths in Whole District (Home-treated cases shown separately in brackets, but included in the total deaths)
At Ages—Years.Upper Norwood.Norbury.West Thornton.Ben sham Manor.Thornton Heath.South. Norwood.Woodside.East.A d-d is combe.Whitehorse Manor.Broad Green.Central.Wad don,South..Institution cases which could not be distributedAt all ages.Under 112145101520354565 and upwardunrecorded ages.
At all AgesUnder 112346101520354565 and upwardUnrecorded Ages
Small-pox..........................................................................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)..........................................................................................
Diphtheria2221412111181462025821..828247101621101114181012825211118 (1)....1....4 (1)11....1....
Erysipelas4411..........1512177..2..142114163244915294 (2)1 (1)..............1..1 (1)1..
Scarlet Fever289..911131914163131811....12172016161728212691717222130237522....2....................
Typhus I'ever..........................................................................................
Enteric Fever5........2........111................23............322 (1)....................1 (1)1..
Relapsing Fever..........................................................................................
Puerperal Fever9................3................1......15....1....722................11... l...
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis7......1111....12..............23....11........7..2....................2....
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2121........................1..21121..122431..4..............................
Pneumonia108444524410221323112925666141011121616131791182 (138)32 (28)18 (15)3 (3)3 (3)..3(2)'/ (2)3 (Ii6 (5)10 (8)49 (33)53 (38)..
Malaria......................................................................................
Dysentery......................................................................................
Encephalitis lethargica21..1....3..5443l......1....5112122....21563 (2)....1 (1)............11 (1)..
Posterior basic meningitis...................................................................................
Anterior poliomyelitis2....1............1................1..1.............................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Male102..1........1412303519..61012783106131241082752779 (39)..1....1 (1)....5 (4)27(15)19 (6)22 (11)4(2)..
Female90............3414371616..6l544131075956771692178 (47)............3 (1)17 (5)24 (15)15 (12;16(11)3 (3..
Total192..1........4826675135..12116611211317112217101715314448157 (86)..1....1 (1)..3 (1)22 (9)51 (30)34 (18).38 (22)7 (5..
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Male77..123374592221..35429105..7148325..235418 (6)..2....13 (1)11 (1)43 (1)2 (2)1 (1)..
Female60122523151041132..5452363151161242204013 (4)..11 (1)1 (1)..211..3 (1)21 (1)..
Total1371348510601961353..89941216811225144492439431 (10)..31 (1)1 (1)15 (1)22 (1)46 (24 (2)2 (2)..
Totals1057282332384024017880109123105592556768465987906779977555646484705335393 (240)33 (29)22 (15)8(5)4 (4)2(1)1 (4)8(3)28 (11)63 (35)51 (2897 (59)65 (46)..

In the above Table, Deaths of Non-Residents occurring at the Mayday Road Hospital, Borough Hospital, General Hospital, Norwood Cottage Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital, etc., are excluded.