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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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was relatively mild. Waves in the severity ,of this complaint
are usual and, in the comparatively short period covered by the
above table, make themselves noticeable. The case rate (Col. 3)
for England and Wales was 276. Croydon's figure shows an excess.
Table XXXV.
Diphtheria.
| YEAR. | Cases notified in Croydon. | Attack Rate Per 100,000 o! Population. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage o! Deaths to Cases notified. | All Cases Admitted to Hospital with a diagnosis of Diphtheria. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. \dmitted. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Cases Treated* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1908 | 405 | 256 | 37 | 9.1 | 354 | 29 | 8.18 |
| 1909 | 356 | 220 | 24 | 6.7 | 292 | 24 | 8.2 |
| 1910 | 267 | 159 | 21 | 7.8 | 222 | 15 | 6.7 |
| 1911 | 514 | 301 | 37 | 7.2 | 430 | 35 | 8.1 |
| 1912 | 767 | 440 | 25 | 3.2 | 600 | 22 | 3.6 |
| 1913 | 451 | 253 | 16 | 3.5 | 389 | 13 | 3.3 |
| 1914 | 226 | 124 | 18 | 7.9 | 186 | 19 | 10.2 |
| 1915 | 195 | 109 | 14 | 7.1 | 188 | 8 | 4.2 |
| 1916 | 312 | 177 | 4 | 1.2 | 303 | 15 | 4.9 |
| 1917 | 191 | 102 | 9 | 4.7 | 194 | 8 | 4.1 |
| 1918 | 179 | 94 | 2 | 1.1 | 168 | 21 | 1.3 |
| 1919 | 429 | 223 | 36 | 8.3 | 388 | 38 | 9.7 |
| 1920 | 568 | 290 | 26 | 4.6 | 529 | 21 | 3.9 |
| 1921 | 48ยป | 252 | 23 | 4.7 | 451 | 24 | 5.3 |
| 1922 | 358 | 186 | 27 | 7.0 | 329 | 21 | 6.3 |
| 1923 | 196 | 101 | 21 | 10.7 | 202 | 18 | 8.9 |
| 1924 | 222 | 113 | 8 | 3.6 | 196 | 7 | 3.5 |
| 1925 | 104 | 52 | 8 | 7.6 | 114 | 11 | 9.6 |
| 1926 | 321 | 155 | 32 | 9.9 | 321 | 28 | 8.7 |
| 1927 | 269 | 123 | 10 | 3.8 | 300 | 8 | 2.6 |
| 1928 | 476 | 224 | 32 | 6.7 | 493 | 31 | 6.2 |
| 1929 | 435 | 194 | 23 | 5.3 | 470 | 23 | 4.9 |
| 1930 | 394 | 177 | 14 | 5.3 | 462 | 12 | 2.6 |
*Cases from Penge are included in Cols. 6 to 8.