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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING YEAR 1949.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in the whole District. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Sex Distribution of Notified Cases. 1949. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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—4. | 5—14. | 15—24. | 25—44. | 45—64. | 65 and up. | |||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 476 | 2 | 125 | 325 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | 26 | 37 | 35 | 27 | 21 | 34 | 52 | 45 | 43 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 34 | 249 | 227 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 37 | — | — | 1 | — | 14 | 18 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Enteric & Paratyphoid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typhus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 29 | — | — | — | 17 | 12 | — | — | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | 2 | — | — | _ | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 29 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 6 | |
| Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | - | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 44 | - | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 18 |
| Food Poisoning | 79 | — | 3 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 20 | 8 | — | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 42 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2136 | 84 | 1067 | 947 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 85 | 147 | 86 | 116 | 126 | 93 | 206 | 184 | 110 | 127 | 88 | 97 | 141 | 390 | 1138 | 998 |
| Whooping Cough | 309 | 33 | 170 | 99 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 38 | 25 | 30 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 51 | 149 | 160 |
| Totals | 3138 | 128 | 1378 | 1381 | 68 | 106 | 56 | 21 | 180 | 138 | 226 | 144 | 158 | 207 | 177 | 298 | 272 | 180 | 189 | 125 | 172 | 192 | 480 | 1626 | 1512 |
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1949