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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: Table III. SCARLET FEVER.

Table III. SCARLET FEVER.

YEARCases 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 cases Treated*
12345678
19085343385.949781.6
160972745191.2608111.8
19107594547.962471.1
191146827471.537751.3
19124762732•436541.09
19134702633.641149
19147484115•66385•7
191541423351.239141.02
191629716941.328362.1
191719110221.0519621.02
191841421961.43782.1
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
19297593354•5471430.42
19306813062.2967920.29
19315272253.5752820.38
19324411861†•2338710.26
1933633264......59910.17
193410034163•2996850.51

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There was an increase in the number of cases notified and
admitted to Hospital in 1934 as compared with 1933. The type
was mild and the case mortality was nil. The attack rate (Col. 3)
for England and Wales was 376. Croydon shows a rather higher
figure.