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Croydon 1926

[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 1926.

Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.Total Cases Removed to Hospitals ok SanatoriaTotal Cases Treated at HomeDeaths in Whole District (Home-treated oa=es, shown separate'y in brackets, bat included in the total deaths)
At Ages—Years.Upper Norwood.Norbury.West Thornton.Ben sham Manor.Thornton Heath.'South Norwood.Woodside.Eiast.Ad-discomibe.Whitehorse Manor.Broad Green.Central.Waddon.South.Institution cases which could not be distributedAt all agesUnder 112345101520354565 and upwardunrecorded ages.
At all AgesUnder 112345101520354565 and upwardUnrecorded Ages
Small-pox.........................................................................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)..........................................................................................
Diphtheria321261116281507015192i..13513456531320712323216171193101132 (5)..114(1)7(1)14(3)5............
Erysipelas781........22617291921115347222661512238405 (1)1........................
Scarlet Fever5251717234328510220197..122342350703319381954302121444743986..................112 (1)..
Typhus Fever........................................................................................
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)7......l112....1....12..1..1..1..1........1..521..........................
Relapsing Fever.........................................................................1....
Puerperal Fever22................135....4..1......321121..2..918411(3)................8 (3)3......
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.........................................................................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2020........................1..13141..12221..1713......................
Pneumonia5013..1..625115133..132321081643124941146 (93)28 (17)9 (7)3 (1)3 (3)2 (1)3 (2)...10 (4)7 (4)35(26)46(28)..
Malaria1................1................1......................11................1 (1)......
Dysentery1....................1..................1..............1........................
Encephalitis lethargica1 11............23131....1..2..22..3..1........834 (2)......................
Posterior basic meningitis..............................................................................1 (1)..3 (1)....
Anterior poliomyelitis11............................................1........1............................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis : Male128......1....154427374..12610391287911156128..1022682 (42)..............3(1)28 (14)23 (13)26 (13)2(1)..
Female116........111185323172..8551081010691697571882889 (53)........1....9(5)39 (22)13 (8)20 (13)7(5)..
Total244......211339750546..2011151317221813182724131715119054171 (95)........1....12 (6)67 (36)36 (21)46 (26)9 (6)..
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Male784734230146611....31753102351310952..136518 (8)4(2)6(2)1..1(1)12(2)11....1 (1)..
Female62152..625928121..212536533678812164619 (5)4 (2)1212(1)112(1)31 (1)1..
Total1405125485523814231..5291061676819171713322911137 (13)8(4)7(2)32(1)3(1)3(2)23 (1)31 (1)2(1)..
Totals1421322833458250020283183901043098766111901551108069711461177176671051053368408 (212)37 (21)17 (9)7 (1)7(4)12 (3)20 (6)8 (2)14 (6)90 (45)51 (26)86 (54)59 (36)

In the aoove I able, Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in the Borough are excluded