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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: AGE GROUPS OF CASES ADMITTED (other than Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria).

AGE GROUPS OF CASES ADMITTED (other than Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria).

0—11—22—55—1515—2525—3535—4545 and overTotalsDeaths
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Poliomyelitis--2378181141484231-855
Polioencephalitis——————1—---—----1-
Measles3383158146-4-—----64-
Whooping Cough116525414--------386
Gastro-enteritis2816222------1----519
Mumps———28475-1-1----28-
Cerebro-spinal Meng.1————122--1----18_
Erysipelas——————-1------438_
Dysentery1--------1------2_
Rubella——-—-1-2--------3-
Chicken Pox——-11--1--------3-
Typhoid Fever--------1-------1-
Glandular Fever----------------1-
Vincent's Angina----------------1-
Tonsillitis————1--1--------2-
Pemphigus—2--------------2-
Ophthalmia Neon—1--------------1-
Puerperal Pyrexia———-——---1—6-3_--10-
Puerperal Sepsis-----------1----1-
Phlegmasia—-—-——----—1----1-
Venereal Disease—————----1-1-1--3-
No Disease87--------------15-
Pyrexia of unkn. orig.----1-----------1-
Meningitis (other)11-111—1--—---—-6-
Totals5336171541284334522915275433620