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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXXVI.
| Complaint for which Admitted. | Patients remaining in Hospital on Jan. 1st, 1933. | Patients admitted and discharged in 1933. | Patients Remaining in Hospital on Jan. 1st, 1934. | Analysis of all Cases admitted in 1933 whether discharged or not during the year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Recovered | Died. | Total. | Recovered | Died. | Total. | Recovered | Died. | Total | Recovered | Died. | Case Mortality. | Average No. of days in Hospital. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 69 | 68 | 1 | 599 | 509 | 1 | 89 | 89 | ... | 599 | 598 | 1 | 0.2 | 40.6 |
| Diphtheria | 18 | 18 | ... | 236 | 185 | 16 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 236 | 218 | 18 | 7.6 | 31.0 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | 37.5 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | 30.7 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | ... | 62 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ... | 62 | 59 | 3 | 4.8 | 14.1 |
| Measles | 13 | 13 | ... | 68 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... | 68 | 61 | 7 | 10.0 | 22.1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | ... | 14 | 10 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 10 | 4 | 28.6 | 30.0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 30.0 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 | 15.0 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | ... | 1 | 16 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 16 | ... | ... | 34.4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 | 39.0 |
| Chicken Pox | 1 | 1 | ... | 51 | 51 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 | 51 | ... | ... | 21.8 |
| Mumps | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | 20.4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 15.6 |
| Infantile Palsy | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 16.5 |
| Pemphigus | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 100.0 | 3.0 |
| White Leg | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 17.0 |
| Typhoid Carriers | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 20.5 |
| Dysentery (Flexner type) | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | 18.4 |
| Vincent's Angina | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 34.0 |
| Septicaemia* | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 100.0 | 4.0 |
| German Measles | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | 13.5 |
| No Disease | 1 | 1 | ... | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 19 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 111 | 108 | 3 | 1128 | 960 | 36 | 132 | 130 | 2 | 1128 | 1090 | 38 | ... | ... |
| *This was really a case of lobar pneumonia. | ||||||||||||||