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Croydon 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following Table gives the number of patients admitted for each
disease, the number discharged or died, and average duration of stay
in hospital and probable detention in hospital, for the year 1908:—
TABLE H. IV.
| Disease. | Remaining at end of 1907. | Admitted during 1908. | Discharged during 1908. | Died during 1908. | Remaining at end of 1908. | Average Residence in days. | Probable detention in Hospital in days. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal Cases. | NonFatal Cases. | NonFatal Cases. | Fat e1 Cases. | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 102 | 497 | 502 | 8 | 89 | 24.6 | 60.2 | 50 | 18 |
| Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Scarlet Fever | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 | 35.1 | 30 | – |
| Diphtheria | 30 | 354 | 297 | 29 | 64 | 7.2 | 46.3 | 38 | 5.2 |
| Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Diphtheria | — | 12 | 11 | 1 | — | – | 22.2 | 12 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | *59 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 57.1 | 56 | — |
| Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Enteric Fever | 1 | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | 238 | 24 | – |
| Other Admissions | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 21.2 | 18 | — |
| Total | 142 | 941 | 884 | 41 | 148 | — | — | — | — |
| * Includes four cases of para Typhoid. | |||||||||
The average duration for stay in hospital for the non-fatal cases
was about two days less than in 1907 both for scarlet fever and
for diphtheria. For enteric fever the average duration for stay in
hospital was 12 days less than in 1907. This was partly accounted for
by the fact that arrangements were made for the transfer of partially
convalescent patients and by the fact that the cases under treatment
were on the whole of a less severe type than in previous years.
The following Table gives the fatality from each disease :—
TABLE H. v.
| 1907. | 1908. | |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Diphtheria | 13.6 | 8.5 |
| Enteric Fever | 9.5 | 3.6 |
| Other diseases | 4.8 | 6.3 |
| All cases | 6.1 | 3.5 |