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Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table I.

CASES OF NOTIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1938.

Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in the whole District.Total cases notified in each Ward.Total cases removed to Borough Hospital <S diagnosis confirmed.Total Deaths in the Borough.1938.
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.
MF
Small Pox.................................................................................
Cholera.................................................................................
Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup)28716016543126...1711161835257161656293306223516136151
Erysipelas59236182285i133662234316312432732
Scarlet Fever52211592933929...1522944346232192521277520611294973254268
Typhus Fever.................................................................................
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)5......1121......11......1...........................101223
Puerperal Pyrexia59.........2237.........1292......12411531......16...59
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis741...2.........1...6....................................657...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2020..................2...8...11.........331.........3...146
Poliomyelitis3...12........................l..................1......11...21
Encephalitis Lethargica........................................................................2......
Dysentery6......41...1........................1...2...2............124
Malaria.................................................................................
Ac. Primary and Ac. Inf. Pneumonia41...46271844...3322215152472318
* Influenzal Pneumonia only. †Not accommodated at Borough Hospital.