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Croydon 1909
[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 1909 :—
TABLE H. IV.
| Disease. | Remaining at end of 1908. | Admitted during 1909. | Discharged during 1909. | Died during 1909. | Remaining at end of 1909. | Average Residence in days. | Probable detention in Hospital in days. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal Cases. | Non. Fatal Cases. | Non-Fatal Cases. | Fatal Cases. | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 89 | 608 | 589 | 11 | 97 | 18 2 | 581 | 47 | 11 |
| Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Scarlet Fever | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 14.3 | 7 | - |
| Diphtheria | 64 | 292 | 306 | 24 | 26 | 14.2 | 54 | 44 | 4 |
| Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Diphtheria | — | 21 | 18 | 3 | — | 4 6 | 6 9 | 6 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | — | 62 7 | 55 | — |
| Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Enteric Fever | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | |
| Other Admissions | — | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | 22.6 | 22 | — |
| Total | 158 | 956 | 948 | 39 | 127 | — | — | — | — |
| 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Diphtheria | 3.6 | 8.5 | 7.4 |
| Enteric Fever | 9.5 | 3.6 | 8-3 |
| Other diseases | 4.8 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| All cases | 6.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 |