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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The following table gives the number of patients admitted for each disease, an analysis of the admissions, and the number discharged or who have died in the year 1917 :—TABLE H. IV.

The following table gives the number of patients admitted for each disease, an analysis of the admissions, and the number discharged or who have died in the year 1917 :—

TABLE H. IV.

Disease.Remaining at end of 1916.Admitted during 1917.Discharged during 1917.Died during 1917.Remaining at end of 1917.
Scarlet Fever34196152242
Admitted to Hospital as Scarlet and found to be other disease...31...2
Admitted to Hospital for observation (including contacts)...21...1
Diphtheria49194148838
Admitted as Diphtheria and found to be other disease...5......5
Admitted for observation (including contact)...85...3
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis...2917111
Admitted as Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis and found to be other disease...321...
Admitted for observation (including contact)...66......
Enteric Fever...55......
Admitted as Enteric and found to be other disease111......
Pulmonary Tuberculosis163781811
Admitted for Pulmonary Tuberculosis and found to be other disease11
Admitted for observation (including contact)...2......2
Puerperal Fever...11......
Admitted for Puerperal and found otherwise...11......
Morbilli...23221...
Admitted as Morbilli and found to be other disease...22......
Rubella...109...1
Admitted as Rubella and found to be other disease...22......
Erysipelas...16151...
Admitted as Erysipelas and found to other disease...22......
Mumps...2121......
Other Diseases...9711
Total10457942844107