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Croydon 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in the whole District. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Sex Distribution of Notified Cases. 1952. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At ages—years. | 65 and up. | Upper Norwood. | Norbury. | West Thornton. | Bensham Manor. | Thornton Heath. | South Norwood. | Woodside. | East. | Addiscombe. | Whitehorse Manor. | Broad Green. | Central. | Waddon. | South. | Addington. | Shirley | ||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1-4. | 5—14. | 15—24. | 25—44. | 45—64. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 401 | — | 88 | 299 | 10 | 3 | — | 25 | 23 | 28 | 48 | 46 | 51 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 204 | 197 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 27 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 17 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| *Enteric & Paratyphoid | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 75 | — | — | — | 27 | 48 | — | — | 1 | — | 62 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 75 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 27 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | — | 16 | 11 | ||
| Dysentery | 48 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 21 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 22 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 56 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 5 | — | 7 | 10 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 31 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 41 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 4 | 21 | 20 | ||
| Acute Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1235 | 27 | 501 | 688 | 13 | 6 | — | — | 119 | 94 | 55 | 55 | 112 | 50 | 45 | 74 | 59 | 124 | 43 | 97 | 117 | 31 | 44 | 116 | 633 | 602 |
| Whooping Cough | 466 | 27 | 244 | 192 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 27 | 8 | 36 | 42 | 34 | 28 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 20 | 43 | 102 | 18 | 213 | 253 |
| Totals | 2387 | 69 | 869 | 1227 | 67 | 98 | 37 | 20 | 202 | 129 | 193 | 153 | 230 | 139 | 79 | 118 | 102 | 165 | 85 | 152 | 168 | 93 | 179 | 200 | 1152 | 1235 |
*Both cases, not connected, were Paratyphoid, one patient contracted infection abroad, but the source in the second case
could not bo found.