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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table IV. DIPHTHERIA.
| YEAR. | Cases notified in Croydon. | Attack Rate Per 100,0C0 of Population. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Cases notified. | All Cases Admitted to Hospital with a diagnosis of Diphtheria. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. admitted. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Cases Treated* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 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 | .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 |
| 1932 | 116 | 49 | 9 | 7.8 | 162 | 9 | 5.6 |
| 1933 | 222 | 93 | 17 | 7.7 | 236 | 18 | 7.6 |
| 1034 | 524 | 217 | 24 | 4.5 | 546 | 19 | 3.4 |
| 1935 | 304 | 125 | 12 | 3.9 | 301 | 12 | 3.9 |
* Cases from Penge are included in Cols. 6 to 8.
The incidence of Diphtheria showed a decrease in 1935, and the
mortality was 3.9%. The type of the disease was moderately
severe.
One hundred and fifty cases of bacteriological Diphtheria were
admitted but these are not included as Diphtheria as they exhibited
no clinical symptoms.
The case rate (Col. 3) for England and Wales was 160.
Croydon's rate was therefore lower than for the whole country.