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Croydon 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: CONDITIONS NOTIFIED BY TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ENQUIRY OFFICERS AND CONFIRMED BY HEALTH VISITORS.

CONDITIONS NOTIFIED BY TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ENQUIRY OFFICERS AND CONFIRMED BY HEALTH VISITORS.

Name of School.School Population.Measles.German Measles.Whooping Cough.Chicken Pox.Mumps.Scabies.Impetigo.Body RingwormScalpDiphtheria.Scarlet FeverDysenteryPoliomyelitis.Jaundice.Conjunctivitis.Sore Throat.Indefinite Sickness.In, Not InfectiousMeningococcal InfectionPercentage incidence of conditions notified in Schools
All Saints2772...1081...2.........1...11...2......110.5
Arch. Ten.(Bys)202..............................1........................0.5
Arch. Ten. (Gls)131................................................1......0.8
Ashburton421104185212.........26.........313......5.3
Benson46631737......12......2...............2......11.8
Beulah100634...4646...1455...2651...224......18.1
Christchurch23316...531...5.........3.........6...1......17.2
Coloma502..............................7........................1.4
Croydon British206............................................................
Croydon High902..............................1...1..................0.2
Cypress397224462......1......20........................14.9
Davidson7614...181014...............16.........1...2......8.7
Duppas371......517...............3...1.........5......5.7 6.0
Ecclesbourne811l...13108...11.........3.........1...1......
Elmwood72723...1632......61......10......3332......13.6
Gilbert Scott6221...2253......41......2...132............14.3
Gonville401......21326...............8...............2......15.0
Heath Clark3122......................................................0.3
Howard36025...8311............1......1...1.........5.0
Ingram765...33911......2......741.........2......11.2
John Ruskin351..............................1........................0.3
Kensington438231472...............3........................11.4
Kingsley66222201841...1......18.........3...2......11.3
Lady Edridge329.........................................................-
Lanfranc863.........12......1......211...11.........2.1
Monks Orchard4422......2021............6...1..................7.5
New Addington53514...21........................113...............5.8
Norbury Manor1291123411652............11......1......2......10.2
Old Palace383.........................................................-
Oval63974315...41.........5.........2...4......9.9
Parish Church36811642..................7.........1...2......9.0
Portland7962...115..................24.........24......6.0
Purley Oaks7598216281......1......18........................10.1
Rockmount50936...192247...............7...181120......32.8
St. Andrew's4271...222..................3...1..................6.4
St. Christophers203......21...1........................2............4.4
St. Giles'147.........1...........................1...............1.4
St. Joseph's396..............................2........................0.5
St. Luke's29............................................................
St. Mark's1247...928...............4...............1......25.0
St. Mary's R.C.454.........10.............................................2.6
St. Michael's158......1118...............1......32...2......18.4
St. Peter's1192...85830...........................1............83.2
School of Bldg.163..............................1........................0.6
Selhurst Gram.1123...1...22...............2........................0.6
Shirley181...1211...............1........................3.3
South Norwood8891024743.........2...43...............1......19 8
Spring Park4351...322...............9........................4.1
Stanley Tech234.........1..............................1............0.9
Sydenham657......12115...............9...............2......5.9
Tavistock833......1112............1.........111......1.2
Waddon929......1031...............2.........31.........2.7
W. Thornton60226...14...23......1........................2......11.8
Whitehorse7101...32713............10...............1......8.2
Whitgift Gram.800...........................3...1..................0.5
Whitgift Middle539....................................1..................0.2
Winterbourne105021131110...3.........27......12............6.7
Wolsey74433...682...1.........6......41............8.2
Woodside10,22523062...61......19...111...11...9.2
Totals347585534893361788177139010144041177311
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