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Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The positive diphtheria swabs were: from convalescent
patients, to ascertain freedom from infection, 304; from cases on
admission, 48. In the blood agglutination tests, 2 gave positive
results for bacillus typhosus and 3 for bacillus paratyphosus B.
The miscellaneous examinations comprised:—Urines for
organisms, 1; Pus for organisms, 2; Swabs for gonococci, 14; Specimens
of blood, 2; Fluid for organisms, 2; Sputum for T.B., 2;
Hair for ringworm, 1.
I am indebted to Mr. Thomas Miller, the Vaccination Officer, for the particulars in the returns in subjoined Table.
| Registration Sub-Districts in V.O. District. | Births Registered. | Vaccinated. | Insusceptible | Statutory Declarations | Died Unvaccinated. | P.P.O. | Transferred toother V.Os | Not traced Removals. | In Default. | Overage when Registered. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Sub-District | 928 | 391 | 9 | 396 | 38 | ... | 23 | 26 | 45 | ... |
| West | 1704 | 592 | 6 | 746 | 91 | 1 | 28 | 94 | 141 | 5 |
| North ,, | 913 | 402 | 11 | 354 | 31 | ... | 6 | 41 | 65 | 2 |
| Penge | 342 | 157 | 2 | 112 | 13 | ... | 3 | 23 | 32 | ... |
| 3886 | 1542 | 28 | 1608 | 173 | 1 | 60 | 184 | 283 | 7 |
Return showing the Numbers of Persons vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the Rates by the Medical Officer of the Poor Law Institutions and the Public Vaccinators during the year ended 30th September, 1930:—
| Name of Poor Law Institution or Vaccination District. | Numbers of successful Primary Vaccinations of persons. | No. successful revaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been suscessfully vaccinated at some previous time. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year of age. | 1 year and upwards. | Total. | ||
| Crovdon No. 1 Area | 111 | 23 | 134 | 17 |
| No. 2 Area | 140 | 29 | 169 | 10 |
| No. 3 Area | 62 | 4 | 66 | 4 |
| No. 4 Area | 125 | 36 | 161 | 16 |
| No. 5 Area | 138 | 37 | 175 | 22 |
| Addington | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Queen's Road Homes | 16 | 2 | 18 | 8 |
| Mayday Road Hospital | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Children's Homes | 0 | 19 | 19 | 23 |
| 594 | 150 | 746 | 92 | |