Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CASES OF NOTIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1939
Notifiable disease. | Cases notified in the whole District. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total cases remo ved to Borough Hospital diagnosis confirmed | Total Deaths in the Borough | 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages | at ages - years | Upper Norwood | Norbury | West Thorn ton | Bensham Manor | Thornton Neath | South Nor-wood | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small Pox | ... | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | ... | |
Diphtheria (inc. Mem branous Group) | 198 | 1 | 52 | 99 | 22 | 21 | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 170 | 16 | 82 | 109 |
Frysioslas | 48 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 22 |
Scarlet Fever | 250 | .. | 92 | 118 | 22 | 15 | 3 | - | 16 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 230 | - | 102 | 148 |
Typhus Fever | ... | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 39 | .. | .. | ... | 24 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | 6 | 2 | 19 | .. | ... | 39 |
Cerebro-Spina1 Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | . | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
Ophalmia Neonatorum | 13 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 9 | 6 |
Polionyelitis | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | ... | ... |
Dysentery | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | • • | 2 | 2 |
Malaria | ... | ... | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ac. Primary and Ac. INf. Pheumonia | 60 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | ... | 24 | 34 | 26 |
Ac. Polio Encephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | ... | .. | .1 | .. | .. | ... | .. | .1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
a Influenzal Pneuraonia only. % Not accomodated at Borough Hospital. |