[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 89

Croydon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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severity in this complaint are usual and, in the comparatively short
period coveted by the above table, make themselves noticeable.
The case rate (Col. 3) for England and Wales was 205. Croydon's
figure shows an excess.

Table: Table XXXVII. DIPHTHERIA,

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Table XXXVII. DIPHTHERIA,

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 Diphtheria.
YEAR.	Cases notified in Croydon.	Attack Rate Per 100,000 of Population.	No. of Deaths.	Percentage of Deaths to Cases notified.	No.Admitted.	No. of Deaths.	Percentage of Deaths to cases Treated*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
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	158	21	1.3
1919	429	223	36	8.3	388	38	9.7
1920	558	290	26	4.6	529	21	3.9
1921	483	252	23	4.7	451	24	5.3
1922	358	186	27	7.5	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	262	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
1931	221	94	5	2.2	219	7	3.2

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*Cases from Penge are included in Cols. 6 to 8.

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Table: Table XXXVII. DIPHTHERIA,

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