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Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXXII.
CASES OF NOTIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1930.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in the whole District. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total cases removed to Borough Hospital. | Total Deaths in the Borough. | 1929. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At ages—years. | Upper Norwood. | Norbur y | West Thornton. | Bensham Manor. | Thornton Heath. | South Norwood. | Woodside. | East. | Addiscombe. | Whitehorse Manor. | Broad Green. | Central. | Waddon. | South. | Addington. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1—5 | 5—15 | 16—25 | 26—45 | 46—65 | 66 and up. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | 24 | ... | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| Cholera Diphtheria (inc.Membranous | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Croup) | 894 | 2 | 99 | 222 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 13 | 46 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 36 | 35 | 18 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 413 | 14 | 159 | 276 |
| Erysipelas | 64 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 41 |
| Scarlet Fever | 681 | 7 | 136 | 420 | 65 | 47 | 6 | ... | 36 | 82 | 64 | 37 | 35 | 49 | 28 | 39 | 73 | 30 | 62 | 31 | 105 | 28 | 12 | 603 | 2 | 346 | 413 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 15 | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 7 | ... | 11 | 26 |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | 16 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 23 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 3 | 2 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Encephalitis I-ethargica | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Ac. Primary or Ac. Inf. Pneumonia | 73 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 11* | 93 | 65 | |
* I nHuenzal Pneumonia only.