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Croydon 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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BOROUGH HOSPITAL.
Table A gives a Summary of the cases treated at the Hospital during 1940.
505 patients were admitted and discharged, which, together with the patients in at the
cannoncoment of 1940 (26) gives a total of 531 cases dealt with. 26 died giving a
case mortality for the Hospital of 4.6% as against 3.3% in 1939.
During 1910 a total of 18 cases were admitted from Penge and those are included
in the Table, The Hospital is recognised training school for nurses.
During the year 2 probationers passed the preliminary examination and 3 the final
examination.
During the year 3 cases wore operated upon for tonsils and adenoids.
TABLE A.
| Complaint for which admitted, | Patients remaining in Hospital 1.1.40. | Patients admitted & discharged in 1940. | Patients admitted in 1940 & remaining in hospital 1.1.40. | Analysis of cases admitted whether discharged or not during the year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Recovered | Died | Total | Recovered | Died | Total | Recovered | Died | Total | Recovered | Died | Case Mortality | Ave rage No. of days in Hospital. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 9 | — | 128 | 128 | - | 19 | 19 | - | 147 | 147 | - | 33 | |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 11 | - | 107 | 100 | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | 111 | 104 | 7 | 6.3 | 33 |
| Entoria Fever | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 39 | |
| Para-Typhoid | i | |||||||||||||
| Fever | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 14 | 14 | - | 32 | |
| Pneumonia Pyrexia | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | 14 | |
| Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Eryapelas | 1 | l | - | 17 | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1.8 | 11.4 |
| Measles | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1.3 | 12 |
| Rubella | - | - | - | 82 | 82 | - | - | - | - | 82 | 82 | - | 10.6 | |
| C.S.M. | - | - | - | 63 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | 64 | 52 | 12 | 18.7 | 19.4 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 26 | |
| Chicken Pox | 4 | 4 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17.2 |
| Ophthalmia | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 9 | |
| Mumps | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 15 | |
| Tonsillitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | |
| Anterior | ||||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 41 | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14.2 | 18 |
| Pemphigus | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 7 |
| Otorrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cellulitis | ||||||||||||||
| of leg. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 36 | ||
| Vincents Angina | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | _ | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | |
| Pleurisy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 103 | |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| No Disease | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
| TOTALS | 26 | 26 | - | 474 | 448 | 26 | 31 | 31 | - | 505 | 479 | 26 | ||
The average number of days of each patient in Hospital for all classes of
patients was 33.4 days compared with 24.5 days in 193S.
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