Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 District | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals or Sanatoria | Total Cases Treated at Home | Deaths in Whole District (Home-treated cases shown separately in brackets, but included in the total deaths) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 distributed | At all ages. | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 and upward | unrecorded ages. | ||||||||||||||||
At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 and upward | Unrecorded Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 222 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 81 | 46 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 211 | 11 | 8 (1) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 44 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 4 (2) | 1 (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 (1) | 1 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 289 | .. | 9 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 141 | 63 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 12 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 237 | 52 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus I'ever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 (1) | 1 | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | . l. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia | 108 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 91 | 182 (138) | 32 (28) | 18 (15) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | .. | 3(2) | '/ (2) | 3 (Ii | 6 (5) | 10 (8) | 49 (33) | 53 (38) | .. |
Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Encephalitis lethargica | 21 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | l | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 (2) | .. | .. | 1 (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 (1) | .. | ||
Posterior basic meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | ||||
Anterior poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Male | 102 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 19 | .. | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 75 | 27 | 79 (39) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 (1) | .. | .. | 5 (4) | 27(15) | 19 (6) | 22 (11) | 4(2) | .. |
Female | 90 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 16 | 16 | .. | 6 | l | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 21 | 78 (47) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 (1) | 17 (5) | 24 (15) | 15 (12; | 16(11) | 3 (3 | .. |
Total | 192 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 26 | 67 | 51 | 35 | .. | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 144 | 48 | 157 (86) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 (1) | .. | 3 (1) | 22 (9) | 51 (30) | 34 (18) | .38 (22) | 7 (5 | .. |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Male | 77 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | .. | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 23 | 54 | 18 (6) | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 (1) | 1 | 1 (1) | 4 | 3 (1) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | .. |
Female | 60 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 40 | 13 (4) | .. | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 (1) | 2 | 1 (1) | .. |
Total | 137 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .. | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 94 | 31 (10) | .. | 3 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 | 5 (1) | 2 | 2 (1) | 4 | 6 (2 | 4 (2) | 2 (2) | .. |
Totals | 1057 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 240 | 178 | 80 | 109 | 123 | 105 | 59 | 2 | 55 | 67 | 68 | 46 | 59 | 87 | 90 | 67 | 79 | 97 | 75 | 55 | 64 | 64 | 84 | 705 | 335 | 393 (240) | 33 (29) | 22 (15) | 8(5) | 4 (4) | 2(1) | 1 (4) | 8(3) | 28 (11) | 63 (35) | 51 (28 | 97 (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.