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Croydon 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXXV.
| 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. | |||||
| 1931 | 1930 | ||||||
| Small Fox | 0.22 | 0.103 | — | 24 | 4 | 23 | 51 |
| Diphtheria | 0.95 | 1.77 | 3 | 156 | 29 | 33 | 221 |
| Erysipelas | 0.29 | 0.24 | — | 45 | 4 | 19 | 68 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.26 | 3.06 | 5 | 396 | 97 | 29 | 527 |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Paratyphoid) | 0.026 | 0.067 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.099 | 0.05 | — | 13 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.214 | 0.10 | — | 12 | 4 | 34 | 50 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0.013 | 0.004 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.06 | 0.085 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.017 | 0.004 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 0.008 | 0.013 | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.34 | 0.32 | 1 | 60 | 18 | 1 | 80 |
| Dysentery | 0.004 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
The highest incidence of notifiable infectious diseases was in
houses of 4-5 roomis. Houses of this size preponderate in the
borough, but as the actual number are not yet available from the
Census returns the comparative incidences in the various sizes of
bouse cannot be given.