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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 III. SCARLET FEVER.
| YEAR | Cases notified in Croydon. | Attack Rate Per 100,000 of Population- | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Death s| to Cases notified. | All Cases Admitted to Hospital with a Diagnosis of Scarlet Fever. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Admitted. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Casea Treated*] | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1928 | 552 | 259 | 4 | .7 | 574 | 8 | 1.3 |
| 1929 | 759 | 335 | 4 | .54 | 714 | 3 | 0.42 |
| 1930 | 681 | 306 | 2 | .29 | 679 | 2 | 0.29 |
| 1931 | 527 | 225 | 3 | .57 | 528 | 2 | 0.38 |
| 1932 | 441 | 186 | 1† | .23 | 387 | 1 | 0.26 |
| 1933 | 633 | 264 | ... | ... | 599 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 1934 | 1003 | 416 | 3 | .29 | 968 | 5 | 0.51 |
| 1935 | 775 | 320 | ... | ... | 755 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 1936 | 655 | 271 | 2 | 0.31 | 631 | 2 | 0.32 |
| 1937 | 776 | 320 | 2 | 0.26 | 799 | 2 | 0.25 |
| 1938 | 522 | 214 | 3 | 0.57 | 624 | 4 | 0.64 |
* Cases admitted to the Borough Hospital from Penge are included in
arriving at the figures in Cols. 6 to 8.
†Death not due to Scarlet Fever.
There was a decrease in the number of cases notified and
admitted to Hospital in 1938 as compared with 1937. The case
mortality was 0.57. The attack rate (Col. 3) for England and
Wales was 241. Croydon shows a lower figure.