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Croydon 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1963
| Noti fiable Disease | Cases notified | Total cases noti fied in wards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Adding ton | Shirley | M | F | |||||||
| Under 1 | 1 - 4 | 5 - 14 | 15 - 24 | 25 - 44 | 45 - 64 | 65 and over | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 111 | — | 28 | 79 | 4 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 54 | 57 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | 11 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 9 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | — | — | — | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 17 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1086 | 55 | 245 | 521 | 49 | 166 | 50 | — | 15 | 12 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 33 | 19 | 251 | 579 | 473 | 613 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Primary and Influenzal Pneumonia | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 |
| Pood Poisoning | 62 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | 7 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | 26 | 36 |
| Acute Encephalitis | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Measles | 3286 | 88 | 1664 | 1511 | 17 | 6 | — | — | 187 | 164 | 253 | 190 | 142 | 207 | 241 | 160 | 184 | 101 | 291 | 187 | 289 | 126 | 390 | 174 | 1700 | 1586 |
| Whooping Cough | 134 | 15 | 68 | 43 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | — | 9 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 53 | 81 |
| 4759 | 166 | 2019 | 2167 | 100 | 208 | 76 | 23 | 225 | 184 | 304 | 221 | 205 | 255 | 291 | 200 | 224 | 129 | 332 | 222 | 359 | 158 | 681 | 769 | 2333 | 2426 | |
The tuberculosis notifications are shown in the section relating to that disease