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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Cases of Infectious Disease notified and Deaths from Infectious Diseases during the Year 1925.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in 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-treted cases, shown separately in bracket, but included in the total death) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | Upper Norwood. | Norbury. | West Thornton. | Bensiham Manor. | Thornton Heath. | South. Norwood. | Woodside. | East. | Addisoom.be. | Whitehorse Manor. | Broad Green. | Central. | Waddon- | South. | Institution casea which could not be distributed | At all ages | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 and upward | unrecorded ages. | |||||||||||||||
Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 and. upward | Unrecorded Agea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 104 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 4 | 8 (2) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 (1) | 2 (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | 55 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | l | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 5 (2) | 1(1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3(1) | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 347 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 161 | 62 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 22 | 46 | 22 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 37 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 74 | 292 | 55 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Group | 38 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | 29 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 5 (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3(1) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 22 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 52 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 145 (96) | 25 (18) | 15 (13) | 8(5) | 1 (1) | .. | 2(2) | 2(1) | .. | 2(1) | 4(3) | 31 (20) | 55 (32) | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 1(1) | .. | .. | 8(5) | .. | .. | 1 (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Encephalitis lethargica | 20 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 (3) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | .. | ||
Posterior basic meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Anterior poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 (1) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Male | 117 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 21 | 27 | 3 | .. | 5 | 7 | 3 | .. | 28 | 16 | .. | 14 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 100 | 17 | 89 (54) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4(3) | 27 (15) | 20 (13) | 31(21) | 5(2) | .. |
Female | 91 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 6 | .. | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 25 | 62 (38) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4(3) | 23 (16) | 12 (5) | 13 (10) | 5 (3) | .. | ||
Total | 208 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 22 | 85 | 42 | 36 | 9 | .. | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 166 | 42 | 151 (92) | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5(3) | 8(4) | 50 (31) | 32 (18) | 44 (31) | 10 (5) | .. | |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Male | 117 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 24 | 6 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 30 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 91 | 18 (11) | 2(2) | 2(1) | 2 (1) | .. | .. | 4(3) | 3(3) | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2(2) | .. |
Female | 84 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | 20 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 56 | 12 (5) | 1 | .. | 3(1) | 1(1) | l | .. | 1 (1) | .. | .. | 3 (2) | 1 | 1 | .. |
Total | 201 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 104 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 8 | 3 | .. | 50 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 41 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 147 | 30 (16) | 3(2) | 2(1) | 5 (2) | l (1) | l | 4(3) | 4 (3) | .. | 4 (2) | 2 | 3(2) | .. | |
1055 | 31 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 52 | 314 | 144 | 74 | 156 | 80 | 81 | 31 | 4 | 53 | 87 | 47 | 37 | 140 | 98 | 80 | 65 | 57 | 68 | 42 | 101 | 40 | 40 | 100 | 693 | 362 | 358 (214) | 30 (21) | 19 (14) | 15 (7) | 3(2) | 3 | 7(6) | 16(9) | 14 (5) | 56 (33 | 42 (23) | 80 (52) | 73 (42) | • |