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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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Table XXXIV. SCARLET FEYER.
| YEAR | Cases notified in Croydon. | Attack Rate Per 100,000 of Population. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Death to Cases notified. | All Cases Admitted to Hospital with a Diagnosis of Scarlet Fever. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Admitted. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Oases Treated1 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1908 | 534 | 338 | 5 | .9 | 497 | 8 | 1.6 |
| 1909 | 727 | 451 | 9 | 1.2 | 608 | 11 | 1.8 |
| 1910 | 759 | 454 | 7 | .9 | 624 | 7 | 1.1 |
| 1911 | 468 | 274 | 7 | 1.5 | 377 | 5 | 1.3 |
| 1912 | 476 | 273 | 2 | .4 | 365 | 4 | 1.09 |
| 1913 | 470 | 263 | 3 | .6 | 411 | 4 | .9 |
| 1914 | 748 | 411 | 5 | .6 | 638 | 5 | .7 |
| 1915 | 414 | 233 | 5 | 1.2 | 391 | 4 | 1.02 |
| 1916 | 297 | 169 | 4 | 1.3 | 283 | 6 | 2.1 |
| 1917 | 191 | 102 | 2 | 1.05 | 196 | 2 | 1.02 |
| 1918 | 414 | 219 | 8 | 1.4 | 376 | 8 | 2.1 |
| 1919 | 603 | 314 | 11 | 1.8 | 522 | 11 | 2.1 |
| 1920 | 638 | 332 | 7 | 1.09 | 535 | 8 | 1.4 |
| 1921 | 855 | 446 | 4 | .4 | 720 | 4 | .5 |
| 1922 | 800 | 416 | 6 | .7 | 691 | 6 | .8 |
| 1923 | 379 | 195 | 2 | .5 | 340 | ... | ... |
| 1924 | 289 | 147 | 2 | .6 | 237 | 2 | .8 |
| 1925 | 347 | 174 | 1 | .2 | 248 | 2 | .8 |
| 1926 | 525 | 254 | ... | .. | 409 | ... | ... |
| 1927 | 717 | 338 | 3 | .4 | 686 | 3 | .4 |
| 1928 | 552 | 259 | 4 | .7 | 574 | 8 | 1.3 |
| 1929 | 759 | 335 | 4 | 0.54 | 714 | 3 | 0.42 |
| 1930 | 681 | 306 | 2 | 0.29 | 679 | 2 | 0.29 |
*Cases admitted to the Borouglh Hospital from Penge are included in
arriving at the figures in Cols. 6 to 8.
There was a decrease in the number of cases notified and
admitted to Hospital in 1930 as compared with 1929. The type