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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 1936
[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. | |||||
| 1936 | 1935 | ||||||
| Small Pox | - | — | — | - | — | — | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.75 | 1.25 | 3 | 140 | 19 | 21 | 183 |
| Erysipelas | 0.24 | 0.29 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 20 | 59 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.709 | 3.201 | 17 | 468 | 93 | 77 | 655 |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Paratyphoid) | 0.066 | 0.053 | — | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.058 | 0.074 | — | 4 | — | 10 | 14 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.198 | 0.194 | — | 9 | — | 39 | 48 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0.014 | 0.016 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.070 | 0.05 | — | 11 | — | 9 | 20 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.007 | 0.004 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.22 | 0.22 | — | 41 | 7 | 5 | 53 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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.%