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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CROYDON BOROUGH HOSPITAL.
| Cases admitted during 1909. | Cases admitted during 1910. | Cases admitted during 1911. | Cases admitted during 1912. | Cases admitted during 1913. | Cases admitted i during 1914. | Cases admitted during 1915. | Cases admitted during 1916. | Cases admitted during 1917. | Cases admitted during 1918. | Cases admitted during 1919. | Cases admitted during 1920. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 608 | 624 | 381 | 365 | 417 | 653 | 413 | 295 | 201 | 386 | 532 | 583 (1) |
| Diphtheria | 292 | 222 | 430 | 600 | 402 | 211 | 200 | 313 | 207 | 179 | 433 | 540 (2) |
| Cerebro Sp. Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 24 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| Pulmonary Phthisis | 11 | — | — | — | 48 | 56 | 61 | 44 | 40 | 37 | 44 | 63 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 15 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 12 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7(3) |
| Morbilli | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 |
| Rubella | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Mumps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Other diseases | 45 | 47 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 37 | 29 | 24 |
| Total | 956 | 908 | 858 | 1006 | 902 | 947 | 778 | 738 | 579 | 711 | 1068 | 1246 |
£ s. d.
Receipts, 1920-21, from various sources 6037 17 6
*This includes a very considerable expenditure incurred in the Hospital laboratory in respect of laboratory work done for the town extraneous to the Hospital.