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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: COMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOTIEIED DURING 1968

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOTIEIED DURING 1968

Notifiable DiseaseAt all agesCases NotifiedTotal cases notified in wards
At ages - yearsU. NorwoodNorburyW. ThorntonBen. ManorThornton Heath5. NorwoodWoods ideEastAddiscombeWhite horse M.Broad GreenCentralWaddonAddingtonShirleySanderstead NorthSanderste.ad and SelsaonWoodcote and Coulsdon VestCoulsdon EastPur leyMFTOTAL
Under 11 - 45 -1415 -2425 -4445- 6465 & over
Anthrax-------------------------------
Scarlet Fever169-5610174-166872115113415513a1610743138188169
Diphtheria-------------------------------
Acute Meningitis4-12--1-------1-----1-1-1---224
Typhoid & Para-typhoid1-----1---------1------------11
Smallpox-------------------------------
Cholera-------------------------------
Typhus--------------------------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum-------------------------------
Acute Poliomyelitis------------------------------
Dysentery781165038--1-611--30--3--32522-4-423678
Malaria1----1----1------------------11
Food Poisoning29122510912112232-211-431-.-4-151429
Acute Encephalitis-------------------------------
Measles4241827212374--1327628221317267171434692546101291712194230424
Whooping Cough10314523043--11-111694143133242-78234954103
Leptoepiroais-------------------------------
Tetanus---.---------------------------
fellow Fever-------------------------------
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