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Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SECTION III.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Notifiable infectious diseases in schools, and also cases of
other than statutorily notifiable diseases, brought to the notice of
the department by Head Teachers and School Attendance
Officers.
Table XIX.
| Name of School. | School population. | Notifiable Diseases. | Conditions notified by Teachers and School Attendance Officers. | Percentage Incidence of infectious Diseases in Schools. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Ac. Primary Pneumonia. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Chicken Pox | Mumps. | Scabies. | Impetigo. | Sore Throats. | Ringworm (body). | Ringworm (scabies). | Indefinite Sickness. | |||
| Beulah | 1192 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 114 | 16 | 12 | 109 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | ... | 18 | |
| Croydon British | 563 | 6 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2.0 |
| Davidson | 716 | 20 | 13 | ... | 77 | ... | 11 | 171 | ... | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 41.1 |
| Ecclesbourne | 926 | 13 | 17 | ... | 119 | 2 | 13 | 59 | ... | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 24.0 |
| Howard | 389 | 7 | 1 | ... | 30 | 11 | 15 | 31 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 24.0 |
| Ingram | 1193 | 18 | 21 | ... | 101 | 11 | 20 | 34 | ... | 14 | 19 | ... | ... | 4 | 18.0 |
| North Park | 1052 | 16 | 10 | ... | 58 | 4 | 13 | 45 | ... | 48 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | 14.0 |
| Norbury Manor | 884 | 8 | 3 | ... | 51 | ... | 56 | 40 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 18.0 |
| Portland | 1109 | 16 | 1 | ... | 65 | ... | 19 | 50 | ... | 12 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 14.0 |
| Purley Oaks | 508 | 3 | 7 | ... | 7 | 3 | 1 | 41 | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12.0 |
| Rectory Manor | 958 | 9 | 35 | ... | 64 | 6 | 9 | 121 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 26.0 |
| Rock mount | 503 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 49 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ... | 17.0 |
| South Norwood | 914 | 9 | 4 | ... | 29 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 | ... | 5 | 11.0 |
| Sydenham | 736 | 3 | 4 | ... | 59 | 1 | 27 | 16 | ... | 18 | 1 | 4 | ... | 23 | 15.0 |
| Tavistock | 847 | 10 | 7 | ... | 80 | ... | 10 | 76 | 2 | 14 | 4 | ... | ... | 37 | 21.0 |
| West Thornton | 1447 | 24 | 12 | ... | 136 | 52 | 88 | 154 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 4 | ... | 17 | 32.0 |
| Whitehorse Manor | 1056 | 8 | 11 | ... | 114 | ... | 40 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 17.0 |
| Winterbourne | 1378 | 39 | 2 | ... | 153 | 2 | 95 | 46 | ... | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | 4 | 24.0 |
| Woodside | 999 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 88 | ... | 44 | 103 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ... | 13 | 25.0 |
| John Ruskin | 401 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.5 |
| Lady Edridge | 300 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 0.3 |
| St. Christopher's | 81 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5.0 |
| St. Giles | 71 | 1 | 1 | ... | 15 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 32.0 |
| All Saints' | 305 | 3 | 1 | ... | 41 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.4 |
| Arch. Tenison's | 386 | 14 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 34 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 14.0 |
| Christ Church | 541 | 8 | 7 | ... | 52 | 6 | 56 | 49 | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 8 | 33.0 |
| Holy Trinity | 288 | 3 | 2 | ... | 61 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 26.0 |
| Parish Church | 564 | 14 | 5 | ... | 39 | 7 | 9 | 87 | 1 | 13 | 15 | l | ... | 9 | 29.0 |
| Shirley | 184 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 28 | 15 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 25.0 |
| St. Andrew's | 417 | 5 | 4 | ... | 44 | 10 | 43 | 105 | 1 | 17 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 50.0 |
| St. Joseph's | 204 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.0 |
| St. Mark's | 164 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 12 | 3 | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 13.0 |
| St. Mary's | 347 | 8 | 4 | ... | 15 | ... | 13 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 19.0 |
| St. Michael's | 202 | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 17.0 |
| St. Peter's | 187 | 1 | 7 | ... | 21 | 1 | 3 | 31 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 34.0 |
| St Saviour's | 409 | 6 | ... | ... | 36 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 12.0 |
| Waddon | 760 | 34 | 5 | ... | 192 | 31 | 91 | 231 | ... | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 78.0 |
| Ashburton | 443 | 6 | 4 | ... | 103 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 33.0 |
| Oval | 638 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 86 | ... | 49 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 18 | ... | ... | 9 | 62.0 |
| Heath Clark | 408 | 2 | 3 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 5.0 |
| Addington | 68 | 2 | ... | ... | 15 | 10 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44.0 |
| Gonville | 225 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 12 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9.0 |
| Totals | 348 | 236 | 5 | 2140 | 192 | 877 | 1795 | 19 | 371 | 183 | 36 | 10 | 261 | ||