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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following table is a clinical classification (Turban Gerhardt), and shows the results of treatment of the patients discharged:-
| Clinical classification and results of treatment of 142 cases discharged during 1921. | Not included in average length of stay. | Total discharges and deaths under each group. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group. | No. of Cases. | Arrested. | Much improved | Improved | Stationary or worse. | Average length of stay. | Discharged for various reasons. | Deaths, | |
| I. Early | 30 | 10 | 12 | 7 | I | 129 weeks | 4 | .. | 34 |
| II. Moderately advanced | 60 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 7 | I3.5 weeks | 8 | 2 | 70 |
| III. Far advanced | 52 | - | 6 | 20 | 26 | 13. | 4 | 17 | 73 |
| Total | 142 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 34 | 16 | 19 | 177 | |