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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table:

Complaint for which admitted.Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1944Patients admitted and discharged in 1944Patients admitted during 1944 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1945Analysis 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 Fever6161-323323-2121-344344--28.3
Diphtheria22-3838-66-4444--26.4
Enteric Fever---11-11-22--44
C.S.M---12111---121118.314.2
Dysentry33-1313----1313--12
Puerperal Pyrexia11-77-11-88--10
Erysipelas---1111----1111--10.3
Measles---2828-44-3232--12.4
Rubella---3535----3535--9.9
Whooping Cough22-2722522-2924517.222.2
Chicken Pox22-3939----3939--13.1
Mumps---66----66--12.8
Encephalitis---11----11--9
Tonsilitis---33----33--10
Vincents Angina---33----33--10
Croup---1-1---1-110.06
Dermatitis---11----11--9
Meningitis---11----11--7
Scabies---33----33--5
Oastro Enteritis---22----22--15
Tuberculosis1-1-----------
Bronchitis---22----22--8
Venereal Disease---66----66--12.5
No Disease11-1313-11-1414---
Totals7372157656973636-6126057--