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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 1937
[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. | |||||
| 1937 | 1936 | ||||||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1.19 | 0.75 | 3 | 244 | 20 | 22 | 289 |
| Erysipelas | 0.24 | 0.24 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 59 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3.203 | 2.709 | 24 | 587 | 116 | 49 | 776 |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Paratyphoid) | 1.26 | 0.066 | - | 104 | 161 | 40 | 305 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.050 | 0.058 | - | 2 | - | 10 | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.276 | 0.198 | - | 3 | - | 64 | 67 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0.016 | 0.014 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.086 | 0.070 | - | 9 | - | 12 | 21 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.025 | 0.007 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | |||||||
| Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.30 | 0.22 | - | 50 | 18 | 5 | 73 |
| Dysentery | 0.008 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 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.%