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Croydon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table I.
CASES OF NOTIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1937.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in the whole District. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total cases removed to Borough Hospital. | Total Deaths in the Borough. | 1937. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At ages—years. | Upper Norwood. | Norbury. | West Thornton. | Bensham Manor. | Thornton Heath. | South Norwood. | Woodside. | East. | Addiscombe. | Whitehorse Manor. | Broad Green. | Central. | Waddon. | South. | Addington. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1—5. | 6—15. | 16—25. | 26—45. | 46—65. | 66 and up. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup) | 289 | 5 | 63 | 169 | 31 | 20 | ... | 1 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 34 | 78 | 4 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 233 | 15 | 144 | 145 |
| Erysipelas | 59 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 11 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | 26 | 4 | 22 | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 776 | 5 | 229 | 445 | 37 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 47 | 71 | 51 | 61 | 72 | 36 | 38 | 30 | 95 | 59 | 28 | 70 | 61 | 27 | 734 | 3 | 369 | 407 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 305 | ... | 5 | 76 | 87 | 79 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 40 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 164 | 55 | 82‡ | 35 | 138 | 167 |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 22 | 1 | ... | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 67 | ... | ... | ... | 23 | 44 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 37 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 15 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 67 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 7 | 1 | 11 | 10 |
| Poliomyelitis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 5 | 1 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ac. Primary and Ac. Inf. Pneumonia | 73 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | ... | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 7*† | 40 | 33 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
* Influenzal Pneumonia only. † Not accommodated at Borough Hospital.
‡ 43 cases of Typhoid Fever were admitted to Mayday Hospital under the emergency arrangements in 1937.