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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 1938
[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. | |||||
| 1938 | 1937 | ||||||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1.19 | 1.19 | 12 | 214 | 40 | 21 | 287 |
| Erysipelas | 0.24 | 0.24 | — | 38 | 12 | 9 | 59 |
| Scarlet Fever- | 2.15 | 3.203 | 2 | 382 | 74 | 64 | 522 |
| Enteric Fever (inc. Paratyphoid) | 0.02 | 1.26 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.24 | 0.276 | — | 7 | 1 | 51 | 59 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0.029 | 0.016 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0.082 | 0.086 | — | 9 | — | 11 | 20 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0.012 | 0.025 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | — | - | - | - |
| Acute Primary or Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.168 | 0.30 | — | 30 | 7 | 4 | 41 |
| Dysentery | 0.025 | 0.008 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The 1931 Census showed that houses of 1-3 rooms formed 4.7%
of the total number of houses in Croydon ; those of 4-5 rooms 51.4%
und those with over 5 rooms 43.9%.