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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table XXXVI. SCARLET FEVER.

Table XXXVI. SCARLET FEVER.

YEAR.Cases notified in Croydon.Attack Rate Per 100,000 of Population.No. of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to Cases notified.All Cases Admitted to Hospital with a Diagnosis of Scarlet Fever.
No. Admitted.No. of Deaths.Percentage of Deaths to caaes Treated*
12345678
19085343385949781.6
190972745191.2608111.8
19107594547.962471.1
191146827471.537751.3
19124762732.436541.09
19134702633.64114.9
19147484115.66385.7
191541423351.239141.02
191629716941.328362.1
191719110221.0519621.02
191841421961.437682.1
1919603314111.8522112.1
192063833271.0953581.4
19218554464.47204.5
19228004166.76916.8
19233791952.5340......
19242891472.62372.8
19253471741.22482.8
1926525254......409......
19277173383.46863.4
19285522594.757481.3
192976933540.5471430.42
193068130620.2967920.29
193152722530.5752820.38

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*Cases admitted to the Borough 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 1931 as compared with 1930. The type
was relatively mild though not so mild as in 1930. Waves of