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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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T able XXXIII.
| Notified Disease. | Incidence Rate per 1,000 population. | Housing Conditions. | Case occurring in Institutions in the Borough. | Total cases notified/. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-3 rooms. | 4-5 rooms. | Over 5 rooms. | |||||
| 1930 | 1929 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 1.77 | 1.96 | 20 | 238 | 70 | 66 | 394 |
| Erysipelas | 0.24 | 0.32 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 20 | 64 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3.06 | 3.41 | 28 | 412 | 190 | 51 | 681 |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Paratyphoid) | 0.067 | 0.17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.05 | 0.07 | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.10 | 0.10 | - | - | - | 13 | 24 |
| Cerebro—Spinal Meningitis | 0.004 | 0.02 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.085 | 0.21 | - | _ | - | 5 | 19 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.004 | 0.013 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 0.013 | 0.00 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.32 | 0.71 | 6 | 33 | 14 | 20 | 73 |