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Croydon 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED CURING 1965
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified | Total cases notified in wards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | At ages - years | Upper Norwood | Norbury | Vest Thornton | Bensham Manor | Thornton Heath | South Norwood | Woodside | East | Addiscombe | Whitehorse Manor | Broad Green | Central | waddcn | South | Aldington | Shirley | Sander stead North | Sanderstead and deIsdon | Wpodcote and Coulsdon nest | Coulsdon East | Purley | M | F | Total. | |||||||
| Under l | I - 4 | 5 - 14 | !5 - 24 | ^5-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 202 | 1 | 65 | 125 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 17 | 14 | 8 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 7 | — | 2 | 12 | 107 | 95 | 202 | ||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysepilas | 13 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 237 | 7 | 46 | 124 | 9 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | — | 6 | — | 3 | — | 10 | 64 | 37 | 1 | 35 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 111 | 126 | 237 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Acute Primary and Influenzal Pneumonia | 30 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Food Poisoning | 20 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | 3589 | 93 | 1704 | 1769 | 11 | 9 | 3 | — | 147 | 172 | 92 | 63 | 494 | 481 | 45 | 66 | 122 | 139 | 120 | 69 | 128 | 173 | 577 | 368 | 149 | 59 | 12 | 49 | 64 | 1905 | 1684 | 3589 |
| Whooping Cough | 31 | 4 | 16 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| 4138 | 112 | 1842 | 2034 | 39 | 62 | 33 | 16 | 170 | 191 | 105 | 76 | 556 | 507 | 56 | 74 | 135 | 154 | 138 | 138 | 187 | 175 | 652 | 413 | 184 | 67 | 17 | 58 | 85 | 2185 | 1953 | 4138 | |
The tuberculosis notifications are shown in the section relating to that disease