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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 IV. DIPHTHERIA.
| YEAR. | Cases 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 Diphtheria. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Admitted. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Cases Treated* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 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 |
| 1934 | 524 | 217 | 24 | 4.5 | 546 | 19 | 3.4 |
| 1935 | 304 | 125 | 12 | 3.9 | 465 | 12 | 2.6 |
| 1936 | 183 | 76 | 8 | 4.4 | 282 | 6 | 2.1 |
| 1937 | 289 | 119 | 15 | 5.2 | 376 | 13 | 3.47 |
* Cases from Penge are included in Cols. 6 to 8.
The incidence of Diphtheria showed an increase in 1937, and
the mortality was 5.2 per cent. The type of the disease was
moderately severe.
Ninety-nine cases of bacteriological Diphtheria were admitted
but these are not included in columns 2-4 as Diphtheria as they
exhibited no clinical symptoms.
The case rate (Col. 3) for England and Wales was 149.
Croydon's rate was therefore lower than for the whole country.