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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXXIII.
| 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. | |||||
| 1932 | 1931 | ||||||
| Small Pox | 0.004 | 0.22 | — | 1 | — | — | i |
| Diphtheria | 0.49 | 0.95 | 2 | 93 | 8 | 13 | 116 |
| Erysipelas | 0.32 | 0.29 | — | 49 | 7 | 19 | 75 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.88 | 2.26 | 3 | 353 | 24 | 61 | 441 |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Paratyphoid) | 0.051 | 0.026 | — | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.055 | 0.099 | — | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.141 | 0.214 | — | 9 | 2 | 22 | 33 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0.038 | 0.013 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.09 | 0.06 | — | 3 | — | 18 | 21 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.025 | 0.017 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 0.0125 | 0.008 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.34 | 1 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 111 |
| Dysentery | — | 0.004 | — | — | — | — | — |
The highest incidence of notifiable infectious diseases was in
houses of 4-5 rooms. The 1931 Census showed that houses of 1-3
rooms formed 4.7% of the total number of houses; those of 4-5
rooms 51.4% and those with over 5 rooms 43.9.%