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Croydon 1938
[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 Oases Admitted to Hospital with a diagnosis of Diphtheria. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. \dmitted. | No. of Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths to Cases Treated* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 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 |
| 1834 | 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 | 3.5 |
| 1938 | 287 | 118 | 16 | 5.6 | 408 | 17 | 4.2 |
* Cases from Penge are included in Cols. 6 to 8.
The incidence of Diphtheria showed a slight decrease in 1938,
and the mortality was 5.6 per cent. The type of the disease was
moderately severe.
The excessive number of cases admitted to hospital over those
notified is due to the admission of positive swab cases who, however,
were not cases of clinical Diphtheria and were admitted on precautionary
grounds.
One hundred and twenty-nine of these cases were admitted and
are not included in Columns 2-4.
The case rate (Col. 3) for England and Wales was 158.
Croydon's rate was therefore lower than for the whole country.