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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The particulars of each of the 39 suspected patients are given in the following table:—
| discharged patient, | Notes as to any abnormality on Discharge. | Onset and number of return case. | Interval between discharge of patient and onset of return case. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, in Register | Age. | Sex. | Date of Discharge. | Days in Hospital. | Length of illness. | |||
| 795. | 6 | M | 2/1/09 | 46 | 50 | Cervical glands enlarged. | 11/1/09 (29) | 9 days |
| 11/1/09 (30) | 9 „ | |||||||
| 739 | 14 | F | 21/1/09 | 87 | 89 | Post nasal catarrh Tonsils enlarged. Soft palate red. Occasional nasal discharge. Glands palpable. | 26/1/09 (78) | 5 „ |
| 718 | 51 | M | 21 1/09 | 95 | 98 | Tonsils enlarged. Post-nasal catarrh | 5/2/09 (107) | 15 „ |
| 874 | 6 | M | 2/2/09 | 52 | 53 | Glands palpable. | 5/2/09 (111) | 3„ |
| 860 | 7 | F | 21/1/09 | 43 | 45 | Glands palpable. Feet rough. | 22/2/09 (163) | 32 |
| 880 | 9 | M | 6/2/09 | 53 | 56 | Tonsils much enlarged. Glands palpable. | 2/3/09 (179) | 24 „ |
| 84 | 9½ | M | 11/3/09 | 41 | 43 | Tonsils enlarged. Glands palpable. | 17/3/09 (204) 18/3/09 (207) | 6 „ 7 „ |
| 50 | 4¼ | F | 4 /3/09. | 47 | 48 | Tonsils enlarged. | 26/3/09 (227) | 22 |
| 933 | 4 | F | 11/3/09 | 71 | 72 | Tonsils enlarged Glands enlarged. | 30/3/09 (238) | 19 „ |
| 85 | 21 | M | 18/3,09 | 48 | 51 | Post-nasal catarrh. , Compound fracture of leg, wound discharging when patient left hospital. | 28/3/09 (239) | 10 „ |
| 15/4/09 (269) | 28 „ | |||||||
| 123 | 10 | M | 20/3/09 | 38 | 41 | Nil. (This patient was discharged and returned as a Diphtheria case, and admitted to Diphtheria-Scarlet Fever Ward on February loth). | 28/3/09 (244) | 8 „ |
| 871 | 5 | M | 23/3/09 | 101 | 105 | Nose slightly sore. Intermittent otorrhoea. | 31/3/09 (246) | 8 „ |
| 58 | 12 | F | 9/3/09 | 48 | 49 | Fauces granular. Tonsils enlarged. | 2/4/09 (247) | 24 „ |
| 138 | 5 | M | 23/3/09 | 99 | 100 | Glands palpable. | 8/4/09 2621 | 16 „ |
| 137 | 8 ll-12ths | F | 1/4/09 | 46 | 49 | Tonsils enlarged. Glands + on one side. | 16/4/09 (271) | 15 „ |
| 170 | 4½ | M | 22/5/09 | 84 | 86 | Glands palpable. | 14/6/09 (414) | 23 „ |
| 16/6/09 (415) | 25 „ | |||||||
| 318 | 5 | F | 19/6/09 | 43 | 45 | Tonsils much enlarged (removal recommended, but leave for operation refused). | 29/6/09 (468) | 10 „ |
| 287 | 9 | F | 10/6/09 | 43 | 45 | Nil. | 24/6 09 (—) | 14 „ |
| 223 | 7 7-12ths | m | 17/7/09 | 115 | 137 | Cervical glands enlarged. | 27/7/09 (534) | 10 „ |
| 28/7/09 (546) | 11 „ | |||||||
| 28/7/09 (547) | 11 ,, | |||||||
| 404 | 9 | F | 24/7/09 | 42 | 44 | Glands palpable. | 5/8,09 (564) | 12 „ |
| *513 | 4 | m | 1/9/09 | 48 | 49 | Nil. This patient was discharged from the Mary Wardell Convalescent Home, Stanmore) | 14/9/09 (640 | 13 „ |
| 563 | 6 | m | 18/9/09 | 41 | 43 | Nil | 1/10/09 (670a | 13 ,, |
| 2/10/09 (671A) | H „ | |||||||
| 572 | 9 | M | 28 9/09 | 44 | 40 | Fauces granula r. | 11/10/09 (717) | 13 „ |
| 380 | 8 | F | 31/8/09 | 80 | 89 | Glands palpab e. | 22/9/09 (—) | 22 „ |
| 539 | 11¾ | F | 28/9/09 | 65 | 07 | Glands palpable. Trace of albumen in urine | 24/10/09 (752) | 26 „ |
| 484 | 7 | M | 12/10/09 | 100 | 101 | Slight nasal discharge. Tonsils enlarged. | 28/10/09 (755) | 16 „ |
| 502 | 11 | F | 12/10/09 | 65 | 66 | Feet rough. | 28/10/09 (758) | 16 „ |
| 3/11/09 1778) | 22 „ | |||||||
| 616 | 8 | M | 4 11 /09 | 58 | 59 | Tonstls enlarged. | 15/11/09 (809) | 11 ,, |
| 656 | 7 | M | 2/11/09 | 42 | 44 | Tonsils enlarged. | 20/11,09 (8151 | 18 „ |
| 470 | 12 | F | 28/9/09 | 89 | 91 | Tonsils enlarged. | 14/11/09 (820) | 47 „ |
| 22/11/09 (8211 | 55 ,, | |||||||
| 687 | 5 | F | 16/11/09 | 46 | 49 | Glands palpable. | 23/11/09 (824) | 7 „ |
| 669 | 13 | M | 10/11/09 | 52 | 55 | Tonsils enlarged. Heels desquamating. | 26/11/09 (834 15/12/09 (883 | 10 „ 29 „ |
| 621 | 6¾ | F | 11/11/09 | 64 | 06 | Nil. | 30/11/09 (852) | 19 „ |
| 600 | 7 | M | 27/11/09 | 92 | 92 | Nil. | 5/12/09 (8471 | 8 „ |
| 11/12,09 (872) | 14 „ | |||||||
| 11/12/09 (873) | 14 „ | |||||||
| 673a | 6½ | F | 13/11/09 | 42 | 43 | Tonsils enlarged. | 16/12/09 (887) | 33 ,, |
| †732 | 17 | M | 2/12/09 | 44 | 46 | Nil. (This patient was discharged from London Fever Hospital). | 16/12/09 (890) | 14 „ |
| 667 | 10 | M | 25/11/09 | 55 | 57 | Nil. | 17/12/09 (894) | 22 „ |
| 67C | 5 | M | 7/12/09 | 73 | 78 | Tonsils enlarged. Glands palpable. | 23/12/09 (909) | 16 „ |
| †762 | 6 | M | 18/12/09 | 48 | 52 | Nil. (This patient was discharged from London Fever Hospitall. | 7/2/10 (79) | 51 „ |
| 7/2/10 (801 | 51 „ | |||||||
* This patient was discharged from the Mary W'ardell Convalescent Home, Stanmore.
† This patient was discharged from the London Fever Hospital.
The remaining patients were discharged from the Borough ["ever Hospital.
— Return case isolated at home.