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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 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE A.

TABLE A.

Complaint for which admittedPatients remaining in Hospital 1.1.41.Patients Admitted & Discharged in 1941.Patients Admitted in 1941 & remaining in hospital 1,1.42.Analysis of cases admitted, whether discharged or not during the year,
TotalRecoveredDiedTotalRe cove redDiedTotalRecoveredDiedTotalRecoveredDiedCase MortalityAverage No. of Days in Hospital
Scarlet Fever1919-15515411414-1691681% 0.634.5
Diphtheria44-109106366-11511232.631.6
Enteric Fever---11----11--70
Para-Typhoid11-77----77--32
Fever Puerperal Pyrexia---1091---109110.022.6
Puerperal Fever---1-111-21150.023
Erysipelas---15l15-1-11616--16.4
Measles33-27243---2724311.114.3
Rubella---1515----1515--14
C. S. M.11-31211011-32221031.217.5
Whooping Cough---5854444-625846.430,4
Chicken Pox---77—---77--23.1
Mumps---66----66--16.9
Tonsillitis--------------
Poliomyelitis---33----33--59.1
Dysentery11-55----55--10.2
Pemphigus--------------
Vincents Angina---11-11-22--13.1
Pleurisy11------------
Phlebisis--------------
Tuborculosis---75211-86225.0142
Ophthalmia---55----55--9.2
Dermatitis---22----22--6.1
No Disease11-1212----1212---
TOTALS3131-477452252928150648125