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Croydon 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table I.CASES OF NOTIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1942.

Table I.

CASES OF NOTIFIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1942.

Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in the whole District.Total cases notified in each Ward.Total cases removed to Borough Hospital & diagnosis confirmed.Total Deaths in the Borough.Sex Distribution 1942.
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—-—-——-———------—----------
Diphtheria4811112158—14—-12329773-3334631830
Typhus—--———--——--——--—-—--------
Erysipelas28-——26146133732-21—22—2—10-1018
Scarlet Fever496-2082432914112112753638393823322241123256194572258238
Enteric & Paratyphoid3-—-21————1———1——1—————2—12
Puerperal Pyrexia78——-2949——1143—234—681244—23--78
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis15174—21—1221——1——3-12-214569
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1919----—-1—412———152-1115-145
Poliomyelitis and Poliseneophalitis3_111_—.—_—1———————1—1——21—3
Encephalitis Lethargies1-------------------------1
Dysentery10134—2--------12—11-418-55
Malaria—.—————————--———-———————----
Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia671456222092232814127352475353532
Measles1596528436651717—243609967113100117481591021834017410618524—775821
Whooping Cough4745231098581—184841435731194038223615181236345231243