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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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Immediate Results of Treatment of Patients Discharged from Cheam Sanatorium in 1948.
| Classification on Admission. | Quiescent. | Improved. | No material Improvement. | Died in the Sanatorium. | Transferred to other Institutions. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| T.B. Minus | 13 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 19 | 19 |
| T.B. Plus: | ||||||||||||
| Group 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | - | — | — | 9 | 8 |
| Group 2 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 41 |
| Group 3 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 23 | 18 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 82 | 71 | |
Sputum Conversion. Of 99 patients who were discharged to their homes during 1948 and who entered the Sanatorium with a
positive sputum, 67.7% were discharged with a negative sputum and 32,3% were di scharged with a positive sputum.
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