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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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Cases sent to Residential Institutions:-
| Name of Institution. | School Cases | M.C.W, Cases | Tuborcu1osis Cases, | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No, in on 1st Jan,1941 | Admitted | Discharged | No. in on 1st Jan. 1941 | Admitted | ! Discharged | No. in on Ist Jan , 1941. | Admitted | Discharged | No. in on 1st Jan, 1341 | Admitted | Discharged | No. in on 1st Jan.1942. | |
| Pyrford | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5s ls | 5 s | 6s | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Croydon General Hospital | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | la | Is | (la (Is | 1 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Heritage Craft Schools | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2s | - | 2s | 3 | _ | 2 | 1 |
| Pinner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | -- | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Lord Mayor Treloar Hosp, | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1m | 1m | 1m | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Royal Soa-bathing Hosp. | - | - | - | - | - | - | (2s (1a | 4a | 2s 2a | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Eirchington | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Queon Mery's Hospital | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2s | 2s | 2s | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Royal Nat. Orth. Hosp, | - | - | - | - | - | - | la | - | la | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Mayday Hosp, | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1s 3a | 1m 4a | 1m 4a 1s | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4c | 20 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 35 | 18 | |
Conditions for which Patients were admitted to Hospitals with the results of Treatment.
| Condition. | In on 1st Jan. 1941 | Admitted or transferred | Discharged | In on 1st Jan. 1942. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrosted | Quiescent. | Improved | I.S.Q | Died | ||||
| Infantile Peralysis. | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tubercular Joint Disease. | 23 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Congenital Hip Disease | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Hemiplegia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Genu Valgum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pes Caves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Talipes. | 1 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Rickets. | - | 1 | - | l | - | - | - | - |
| Other Deformities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spastic Paraplegia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scoliosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Osteomyelitis | 2 | 1 | - | " | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | |
The percentage of arrested casses was 33 1/3% , quiescent cases 14.3%, whilst 47.6%
were "improved".
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