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Croydon 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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There were 2,921 fewer children excluded from school on
account of various illnesses than in 1930. The main cause of this
drop was the much lower incidence of infectious disease, particularly
Measles and Mumps.
The chief causes of exclusion were Infectious Diseases, 65.1%,
and of these Chicken Pox, Mumps and Whooping Cough gave
the most trouble. Exclusions on account of verminous conditions
showed an increase from 4.74% to 9.8%.
The health visitors examined 64,27-1 children in the schools in
connection with the personal cleanliness of the scholars. Impetigo
remained much as in the previous year (9.6%).
Table XVII.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.
| 1931. | 1930. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | 4 | 3 |
| Measles | — . | 8 |
| Respiratory Disease (net Pneumonia or Tuberculosis) | — | 2 |
| Infectious 1 >isease (not Tubercular) | 6 | 11 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 4 | 8 |
| Diseases of the Digestive Syttem | 5 | 4 |
| "All other causes | 20 | 29 |
| 39 | 65 |
In the infectious diseases gioup Diphtheria 3, Scarlet Fever 2, Dysertry 1,
were the causes of the deaths.
* Among; other causes Violent Deaths (8), Organic Heart D sease (3). and
Meningitis (2) were the most prominent.
Taking the school population as 25,637, the death-rate per
1,000 in school children was 1.5. There were no deaths from
Measles, compared with 8 deaths in 1930.