Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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T able III.
Disease Groups. | Children (under 16 years of age). | Men ;ind Women. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Discharged | Died | Discharged | Died | |
A.—Acute infectious disease.. | 25 | - | 19 | |
B.—Influenza | 7 | 1 | 33 | 7 |
C.—Tuberculosis: Pulmonary | 2 | 3 | 59 | 46 |
Non-pulmonary | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
D.—Malignant disease | - | - | 34 | 79 |
E.—Rheumatism— (1) Acute rheumatism (rheumatic fever) together with sub-acute rheumatism and chorea | 13 | 1 | 25 | 11 |
(2) Non-articular manifestations of so-called "rheumatism" (muscular rheumatism, fibrositis, lumbago and sciatica) | - | - | 17 | 1 |
(3) Chronic arthritis | - | - | 36 | — |
F.—Venereal disease | 2 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
G.—Puerperal pyrexia | - | — | 20 | — |
H.—Puerperal fever— | ||||
(a) Women confined in the hospital | — | — | 1 | 1 |
(b) Admitted from outside | — | — | — | — |
I.—Other diseases and accidents connected with | — | — | — | — |
pregnancy and childbirth | — | — | 188 | 5 |
J.—Mental diseases— | — | — | — | — |
(a) Senile dementia | 8 | — | 263 | 15 |
(b) Other | — | — | — | — |
K.—Senile decay | — | — | 46 | 40 |
L.—Accidental injury and | ||||
violence | 39 | 1 | 147 | 17 |
In respect of cases not included above : | ||||
M.—Disease of the Nervous System & Sense Organs. | 29 | — | 69 | 8 |
N. ,, Respiratory „ | 89 | 18 | 130 | 106 |
O. ,, Circulatory „ | 7 | 6 | 130 | 170 |
P. ,, Digestive ,, | 137 | 16 | 309 | 32 |
Q. ,, Genito-urinary | 10 | 3 | 173 | 3u |
R.—Disease of the Skin | 54 | 4 | 68 | 10 |
S.—Other diseases | 38 | 1 | 86 | 6 |
T.—Mothers and infants discharged from Maternity Wards and not included in above figures-Mothers | — | — | 446 | 6 |
Infants | 380 | 15 | — | — |
U.—Anv persons not falling under any of the above headings | 43 | |||
Totals | 887 | 73 | 2337 | 599 |