London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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ACCIDENTS AND ILLNESS TO ADULTS—
| Home Accidents | 259 |
| Miscellaneous Accidents | 73 |
| Recreational Accidents | 69 |
| Street Accidents | 589 |
| Work Accidents | 233 |
| Home Illness | 117 |
| Street Illness | 456 |
| Works Illness | 65 |
| Common Assault | 25 |
| Attempted Suicide | 40 |
| Suicide | 20 |
| 1946 |
ACCIDENTS AND ILLNESS TO CHILDREN—
| Home Accidents | 272 |
| Miscellaneous Accidents | 49 |
| Recreational Accidents | 73 |
| School Accidents | 134 |
| Street Accidents | 226 |
| Home Illness | 34 |
| Street Illness | 21 |
| 809 |
INFECTIOUS CASES CONVEYED BY WADDON HOSPITAL—
| Chicken Pox | 46 |
| Diphtheria | 5 |
| Dysentery | 13 |
| Encephalitis | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 21 |
| Jaundice | 3 |
| Laryngitis | 1 |
| Measles | 81 |
| Meningitis | 15 |
| Mumps | 30 |
| Pneumonia | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 |
| Rubella | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 355 |
| Septic Rash | 2 |
| Septic Throat | 4 |
| Stomatitis | 1 |
| Tonsilitis | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | 8 |
| Typhoid | 1 |
| Vincents Angina | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 29 |
| 646 |