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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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The Council's extension of the Maintenance Allowances
scheme continued during 1944. These allowances are granted to
patients suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis who are not
entitled to allowances under the Government scheme but who
carry out treatment recommended under the Council's Tuberculosis
scheme: —
(1) No. of patients in receipt of
Council Allowances as at
31.12.43 23— 3 in Institutions
20 on Domiciliary treatment.
(2) No. of new patients 22
(3) No. of patients no longer
in receipt of Allowances 18
(4) No. of patients in receipt of
Council Allowances as at
31.12.44 27— 3 in Institutions
24 on Domiciliary treatment.
CHEAM SANATORIUM.
The Sanatorium is situated at North Cheam and normally
has accommodation for 93 adult patients of both sexes: men 53
and women 40. Owing to the black-out arrangements, the
number of beds now available is 48 men and 37 women.
| Group. | Total number of cases discharged 1944. i | Quiescent. | Improved. | No Material Improvement. | Died in the Sanatorium. | Discharged before completion of treatment. | Average duration of stay in days. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Class T.B. Minus | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 158 | |||||
| Class T.B. Plus- | |||||||||||||
| Group I | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — ' | — | — | — | 138 |
| Group II | 42 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 177 |
| Group III | 15 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 183 | |
| Observation Non T.B | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | 57 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | — | |