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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Complaint for which admitted. | Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1942 | Patients admitted and discharged in 1942 | Patients admitted during 1942 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1943 | Analysis of Cases admitted whether discharged or not during the year. | ||||||||||
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Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Case Mortality. | Average No. of days j in Hospital. | | |
Scarlet Fever | 14 | 14 | - | 379 | 376 | 3 | 120 | 120 | - | 499 | 496 | 3 | 0.6 | 29.5 |
Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | - | 82 | 80 | 2 | 18 | 18 | - | 100 | 98 | 2 | 0.2 | 28.6 |
Enteric Fever | — | — | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 51 |
Para-Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | - | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | - | - | 13 |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 30 |
Erysipelas | 1 | — | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | — | - | - | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9.0 | 11 |
Measles | — | — | - | 26 | 26 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 26 | - | - | 13.2 |
Rubella | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
C.S.M. | 1 | 1 | - | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 21 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 16 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 4 | - | 34 | 30 | 4 | - | - | - | 34 | 30 | 4 | 11.7 | 39 |
Chicken Pox | — | — | - | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | - | - | 15.3 |
Mumps | — | — | - | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | - | - | 16.6 |
Tonsilitis | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
Poliomyelitis | — | — | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 33 |
Dysentry | — | — | - | 7 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | 12.4 |
Pemphigus | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Vincents Angina | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 14 |
Ophthalmia | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dermatitis | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 16 |
Simple Laryngitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | I | 1 | - | - | 5 |
Gastro Enteritis | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
Jaundice | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 18 |
Encephalitis | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
Venereal Disease | — | — | - | 17 | 17 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 18 | 18 | - | - | 15 |
No Disease | — | — | — | 45 | 45 | — | - | - | — | 45 | 45 | - | — | - |
Totals | 29 | 28 | 1 | 693 | 679 | 14 | 142 | 142 | - | 835 | 821 | 14 | — | — |