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, 1945 | Patients admitted and discharged in 1945 | Patients admitted during 1945 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1946 | 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 in Hospital. | |
Scarlet Fever | 21 | 21 | - | 351 | 351 | - | 38 | 38 | - | 389 | 389 | - | - | 28 |
Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | - | 82 | 78 | 4 | 10 | 10 | - | 92 | 88 | 4 | 4.4 | 29 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 45 |
C.S.M. | - | - | - | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | 12 | 3 | 20.0 | 14.5 |
Dysentry | - | - | - | 44 | 41 | 3 | - | - | - | 44 | 41 | 3 | 6.8 | 10 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | 10 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 16 | 16 | - | - | 10 |
Measles | 4 | 4 | - | 107 | 102 | 5 | - | - | - | 107 | 102 | 5 | 4.7 | 14 |
Rubella | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8.5 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | - | 22 | 20 | 2 | - | - | - | 22 | 20 | 2 | 9.1 | 27 |
Chicken Pox | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | 20 |
Mumps | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | - | - | 11 |
Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
Tonsilitis | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
Vincents Angina | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
Croup | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 18 |
Dermatitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 50.0 | 10 |
Meningitis | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 18 |
Gastro Enteritis | - | - | - | 23 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 24 | 21 | 3 | 12.5 | 16 |
Broncho-Pneumonia | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 16 |
Venereal Disease | - | - | -- | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 12 |
Poliomyelitis | , - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 29 |
Ophthalmia | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
No Disease | 1 | 1 | - | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 19 | - | - | - |
Totals | 36 | 36 | - | 742 | 721 | 21 | 56 | 56 | - | 798 | 777 | 21 | - | - |