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Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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C.—REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE BOROUGH HOSPITAL.
The total nominal accommodation at the Borough Hospital
amounts to 146 beds.
| Month. | Beds Occupied. | Month. | Beds Occupied. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | Highest. | Lowest. | ||
| January | 142 | 123 | 156 | ||
| February | 132 | 98 | August | 147 | 114 |
| March | 123 | 94 | September | 95 | |
| April | 117 | 103 | October | 159 | 121 |
| May | 121 | 104 | November | 169 | 151 |
| June | 108 | December | 168 | ||
During igio the average daily number of cases under treatment
amounted to 13x7 as compared with 142.4 in the previous year.
| Districts | Remaining at end of 1909. | Admitted during 1910. | Discharged during 1910. | Died during 1910. | Remaining at end of 1910. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Croydon Union, cases admitted from Penge | - | - | - | - | - |
| Penge Urban D.C., non-pauper cases | 63 | 59 | 1 | 12 | |
| The Borough of Croydon | 118 | †845 | 814 | 25 | 124 |
* In the above table eases included under the Croydon Union are only those
pauper 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.
t Includes 4 admissions of the Staff suffering from scarlet fever.
The total number of patients admitted was 908 as compared
with 956 in 1909.