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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Complaint for which admitted.Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1947Patients admitted and discharged in 1947Patients admitted during 1947 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1948Analysis 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 Fever4747-466466-4040-506506--27
Poliomyelitis—--83794211858055.916
Polio Encephalitis—--11———-11--3
Diphtheria1515-4947244-535123.833
Measles22-6363—11-6464—-13
Whooping Cough11-3428644-3832615.827
Gastro Enteritis——-473984315142917.618
Mumps——-2626—22-2828—-12
C.S.M——-88———-88—-14
Erysipelas——-88———-88—-10
Dysentery——-22———-22——8
Rubella——-33———-33——15
Chicken Pox11-33———-33—-15
Typhoid Fever11-11———-11—-14
Glandular Fever——-11———-11——22
Vincent's Angina——-11———-11——3
Tonsilitis——-22———-22——7
Meningitis——-55—11-66——8
Pemphigus——-22———-22——13
Ophthalmia Neonatorum——-11———-11——15
Puerperal Pyrexia——-99—11-1010——10
Peurperal Sepsis——-11----11——15
Phlegmasia-—-11———-11——65
Venereal Disease-—-33———-33——11
No Disease——-1313—22-1515——15
Pyrexia of unknown origin——-11———-11——14
Totals6767-834814206159289587322--