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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Disease Groups. | Croydon. | Surrey. | Kent. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chldn Men under and 16. W'm'n | Chldn Men under and 16. W'm'n | Chldn Men under and 16. W'm'n | |||||
| A. | —Acute Infectious Disease | 59 | 15 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| B.- | —Influenza | 4 | 10 | - | 3 | - | - |
| C.- | —Tuberculosis— | ||||||
| Pulmonary | 1 | 59 | - | 15 | - | 1 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | - | - | |
| D. | —Malignant Disease | 1 | 61 | - | 14 | - | - |
| E. | —Rheumatism— | ||||||
| (1) Acute rheumatism (rheumatic fever, together with sub-acute rheumatism and chorea) | 2 | 13 | - | 5 | - | - | |
| (2) Non-articular manifestations of so-called "rheumatism" (muscular rheumatism, fibrositis, lumbago and sciatica) | 3 | 22 | - | 3 | - | - | |
| (3) Chronic arthritis | - | 22 | - | 3 | - | 1 | |
| F. | —Venereal Disease | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| G. | —Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| H. | —Puerperal Fever | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| I.- | —Other diseases and accidents connected with child bearing | - | 76 | - | 24 | - | - |
| J.- | —Mental Diseases | 5 | 240 | 2 | 41 | - | 3 |
| K. | —Senile Decay | - | 60 | - | 14 | - | 3 |
| L. | —Violence | 19 | 130 | - | 99 | - | - |
| In respect of cases not included above : | |||||||
| M. | —Disease of the Nervous System and Sense Organs | 24 | 82 | 4 | 17 | - | 2 |
| N. | —Disease of the Respiratory System | 29 | 114 | 5 | 23 | - | - |
| o. | ,, Circulatory ,, | 7 | 90 | 1 | 21 | - | 2 |
| p. | ,, Digestive ,, | 76 | 201 | 8 | 24 | - | 1 |
| Q- | ,, Genito-urinary ,, | 16 | 97 | 4 | 21 | - | 3 |
| R. | Skin | 61 | 98 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| S.- | Other Diseases | 8 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - |
QUEEN'S ROAD HOMES.
Area and Population served by the Institution—
The same as for Mayday Road Hospital.
Beds available for Sick, Maternity and Mental Cases—
(a) For Men 50
(b) For Women 25
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