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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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INFECTIOUS CASES CONVEYED BY WADDON HOSPITAL-
| Bronchitis | 1 |
| Cerebral Condition | 1 |
| Chicken Pox | 19 |
| Diphtheria | 4 |
| Dysentery | 42 |
| Encephalitis | 1 |
| Enteritis | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 36 |
| Gastro-Influenza | 2 |
| Impetigo | 3 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 1 |
| Jaundice | 1 |
| Measles | 64 |
| Meningitis | 12 |
| Mumps | 3 |
| Otitis Media | 2 |
| Pemphigus | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 45 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 |
| Rubella | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 261 |
| Septic Throat | 2 |
| Tonsilitis | 1 |
| Typhoid | 3 |
| Vincent's Angina | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 35 |
| 560 |
The Gas and Air Apparatus was in demand 714 times, which
necessitated vehicles travelling 5,228 miles.
283 calls were received to convey members of the Croydon
Nursing Association, which entailed travelling 6,116 miles.
Conveying children to and from St. Margaret's School
accounted for 2,739 miles.
Conveying Mentally Defective Children to and from the
Occupational Centre accounted for 22,585 miles.
7,801 cases were conveyed to Hospitals, etc., outside the
Borough boundary, and on these journeys 119,027 miles were
travelled.