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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table II.
| 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. | |||||
| 1934 | 1933 | ||||||
| Small Pox | — | 0.012 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 1.83 | 0.92 | 3 | 382 | 16 | 40 | 441 |
| Erysipelas | 0.48 | 0.44 | 2 | 91 | 7 | 16 | 116 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4.17 | 2.65 | 8 | 828 | 65 | 102 | 1003 |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Paratyphoid) | 0.012 | 0.096 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.062 | 0.054 | — | 6 | — | 9 | 15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.15 | 0.162 | — | 10 | 2 | 24 | 36 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0.012 | 0.012 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.054 | 0.042 | — | 7 | — | 6 | 13 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.016 | 0.016 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 0.012 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.25 | 0.305 | 3 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 61 |
| Dysentery | 0.004 | 0.048 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Polioencephalitis | — | 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
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rooms 51.4% and those with over 5 rooms 43.9.%