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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Complaint for which admitted.Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1948Patients admitted and discharged in 1948Patients admitted during 1948 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1949Analysis of Cases admitted whether discharged or not during the year.
Total.Recovered etc.Died.Total.Recovered etc.Died.Total.Recovered, etc.Died.Total.Recovered etc.Died.Case Mortality.%Average No. of days in Hospital.
Scarlet Fever4040-34134012525-36636510.331
Measles11-115114111-11611510.916
Measles Contacts——-22———-22-—2
Whooping Cough44-6460411—656146.230
Gastro Enteritis4313832655-4337614.025
Diphtheria44-31301———313013.221
Mumps22-2626—11-2727——17
Poliomyelitis2111413122-161516.225
Tuberculous Meningitis——-1—1——-1—1100.010
Erysipelas——-1414————1414——14
Chicken Pox——-1111—22-1313——25
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis——-88—11-99——12
Ophthalmia Neonatorum——-66———-66——9
Rubella——-33———-33——9
Paratyphoid——-22———-22——37
Encephalitis Lethargica——-22———-22——29
Dysentery——-22———-22——8
Tonsilitis——-33———-33——18
Vincent's Angina——-11———-11——15
Ophthalmia——-11———-11——20
Convulsions——-11———-11——8
Observation——-11———-11——27
Puerperal Infection——-24231——-242314.210
Non-Patient Babies22-2424——-2424——10
Non-Patient Mothers---44----44--8
Totals59572739723163838—77776116——