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Croydon 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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REPORT ON CASES ADMITTED TO WADDON HOSPITAL IN 1960
J.J. Linehan, Esq., M. D., D. P. H.
Physician Superintendent, Waddon Hospital
Admissions to the Infectious Diseases' Wards:-
A total of 594 patients were admitted to these wards giving
an average bed occupancy of 34.7 and an average stay in hospital
of 21.3 days.
Where patients were admitted from outside the Croydon Borough, the Croydon cases are shown separately in brackets.
| Scarlet Fever | 111 | (99) | Stomatitis | 2 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 75 | (50) | Gingivitis | 2 |
| Dysenterry | 55 | (33) | Cervical Lymphadenitis | 2 (1) |
| Pneumonia | 47 | (31) | Pylorospasm | 1 |
| whooping cough | 37 | (27) | Appendicitis | 4 |
| Humps | 35 | (26) | Diverticulitis | 1 |
| Chicken-pox | 30 | (26) | Crohn's Disease ___ | 1 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 18 | (17) | Heerfordts's Disease___ | 1 |
| Measles | 12 | (7) | Dermatitis | 1 |
| Meningitis | 9 | (7) | Urticaria | 3 |
| Encephalitis | 4 | (3) | Impetigo | 2 |
| Salmonella Enteritis | 8 | (5) | Conjunctivitis | 1 |
| Influenza | 8 | (6) | Pemphigus vulgaris | 1 |
| Glandular Fever | 7 | (5) | Cellulitis | 2 |
| Rubella | 5 | (4) | Angio-neurotic Oedema | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 3 | (2) | Osteo-myelitis | 3 |
| Paratyphoid B. | 3 | Nephritis | 2 | |
| Paratyphoid Contacts | 3 | Endocarditis | 1 | |
| Herpes Zoster | 3 | (2) | Anaemia | 1 |
| Streptococcal sore Throat | 4 | Lead Poisoning | 1 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 4 | (3) | Glycogen Storage Disease | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | Fractured Skull | 1 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1 | Carcinoma of Bronchus | 1 | |
| Malaria | 1 | Carcinoma of Pancreas | 1 | |
| Tonsillitis | 11 | (9) | Carcinoma of Colon ___ | 1 |
| Peritonsillar Abscess | 4 | (3) | Mediastinal Tumour | 2 |
| Pharyngitis | 14 | (12) | Cerebral Haemorrhage | 1 |
| Otitis Media | 2 | Vestibular Neuronitis | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | 25 | (21) | Hysteria | 1 |
| Pneumoconiosis | 1 | No abnormality Diagnosed | 1 | |
| Laryngitis Stridulosa | 3 | Non-patient Mothers | 3 |