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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Complaint for which admitted.Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1943Patients admitted and discharged in 1943patients admitted during 1943 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1944Analysis of Cases admitted whether discharged or not during the year.
Total.Recovered.Died.Total.Recovered.Died.Total.Recovered.Died.Total.Recovered.Died.Case Mortality.Average No. of days in Hospital.
Scarlet Fever120120-70970816161-7707691.129.5
Diphtheria1818-8386222-90832.232.3
Enteric Fever11-22-——-22——34
Para-Typhoid Fever——-11-——-11——29
Puerperal Pyrexia-—-1111-11-1212——17.3
Puerperal Fever——-11-——-11——35
Erysipelas——-1717-——-1717——12.4
Measles——-67661——-676611.512.3
Rubella——-77-——-77--9
C.S.M11-1414-22-1616——19.3
Whooping Cough——-2018222-222029.135
Chicken Pox——-2929-——-2329——15
Mumps——-66-—— .-66——16.1
Tonsilitis——-22-——-22——8
Poliomyelitis——-22———-22——34
Dysentry11-2222—33-2525——26
Ophthalmia——-55-——-55——9
Tuberculosis——-———1—111——16.2
Croup——-22———-22——.6
Jaundice——-11———-11——16
Encephalitis—--11———-11——24
Venereal Disease11-99———-99—-14
Bronco-Pneumonia——-11-——-11--9
Pyloric Stenosis——-11———-11——18
Meningitis—--211——-2115018
No Disease——-3930—11-3131———
Totals142142-10501043773721112311167——