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Croydon 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The follotving Table gives the total number admitted from the
Borough and other Districts during the year 1008 ;—
TABLE H. II.
| Districts. | Remaining at end of 1907. | Admitted during 1908. | Discharged during 1908. | Died during 1908. | Remaining at end of 1908. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Cioydon Union, cases admitted from Penge | – | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Penge Urban D.C., nonpauper cases | 18 | 112 | 112 | 3 | 15 |
| The Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 9 | 53 | 45 | 1 | 16 |
| The Borough of Croydon | 104 | 773 | 712 | 37 | 128 |
* In the above table C causes included under the Croydon Union are only those
pauner patients who have contracted the disease in Penge. Patients resident in the
Infirmary or Workhouse who become infected whilst residents in these institutions
are reckoned as Croydon cases.
The total number of patients admitted was 941 as compared
with 864 in 1907. It will be seen from the above table that the
additional patients were nearly all derived from outside the
Borough.
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The following Table shows the comparative admissions during
1908 and previous years.
TABLE H. III.
| Cases admitted during 1903. | Cases admitted during 1904. | Cases admitted daring 1905. | Cases admitted during 1906. | Cases admitted during 1907. | Cases admitted during 1908. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 172 | 235 | 352 | 338 | 562 | 497† |
| Diphtheria | 178 | 233 | 178 | 239 | 249 | 354 |
| Enteric Fever | 19 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 59 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | – |
| Pulmonary Phthis's | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Other diseases | 28 | 51 | 64 | 47 | 42 | 31 |
| 397 | 533 | 609 | 644 | 864 | 941 | |
| † Includes five cases sent in as Diphtheria. | ||||||
It is noteworthy that there is a decline in the number of
scarlet fever patients admitted but a marked increase of the
admissions of diphtheria and enteric fever patients. The last was
largely due to a localised epidemic in the district of Penge.