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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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| Districts. | Remaining at end of 1920. | Admitted during 1921. | Discharged during 1921. | Died during 1921. | Remaining at end of 1921. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penge Urban D.C., non-pauper cases | 20 | 75 | 86 | . 4 | 5 |
| County Borough of Croydon | 168 | 1238 | 1160 | 56 | 190 |
| Total | 188 | 1313 | 1246 | 60 | 195 |
The following table shows the comparative admissions during 1921 and previous years.
| Cases admitted during 1910. | Cases admitted during 1911. | Cases admitted during 1912. | Cases admitted during 1913. | Cases admitted 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. | Cases admitted during 1921. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 624 | 381 | 365 | 417 | 603 | 413 | 295 | 201 | 386 | 532 | 583 | 738 (1) |
| Diphtheria | 222 | 430 | 600 | 402 | 211 | 200 | 313 | 207 | 179 | 433 | 540 | 456 (2) |
| Cerebro Sp. Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | 67 | 24 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3(31 |
| Pulmonary Phthisis | - | - | - | . 48 | 56 | 61 | 44 | 40 | 37 | 44 | 63 | 64 |
| Enteric Fever | 15 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Morbilli | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Rubella | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Mumps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| Other diseases | 47 | 29 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 37 | 29 | 24 | 28 (4) |
| Total | 908 | 858 | 1006 | 902 | 947 | 778 | 738 | 579 | 711 | 1068 | 1246 | 1313 |
(1) Includes 3 cases of Rubella.
,, 1 cases of Tonsillitis.
,, 2 cases of Scabies.
,, 1 c?se of Urticaria.
,, 1 case of I'haryngitis.
,, 4 cases of Fourth Disease.
,, .3 cases in which no disease could be diagnosed.
(2) ,, 3 cases of Tonsillitis.
,, 1 case of Measles.
,, 1 case of Cellulitis Face.
(3) ,, 1 case of Marasmus.
,, 1 case of Intestinal Toxaemia.
,, 1 case in which no disease could be diagnosed.
(4) ,, 10 cases of Infantile Diarrhoea.
,, 8 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum.*
,, 4 cases of Whooping Cough.
,, 1 case of Varicella.
,, 1 case of Malaria (diagnosed Meningitis)
,, 1 ca e of Peritonitis.
,, 1 case of Food Poisoning.
,, 1 case of Quinsy.
,, 1 case of Encephalitis.
*3 Mothers with babies (Ophthalmia Neonatorum).