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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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D -REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE BOROUGH
HOSPITAL.
The following table shows the number of patients under treatment,
and their average stay in Hospital during the year:—
I
| Disease. | Remaining at end of 1904. | Admitted during 1905. | Discharged during 1905. | Died during 1905. | Remaining at end ot' 1905. | Average Residence in days. | Probable detention in Hospital in days. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal Cases. | Non-Fatal Cases. | Nonfatal Cases. | Fatal Cases. | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 348 | 13 | 24 23 | 64 68 | 52 | 11 | |||
| Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Scailet Fever | - | 24 | 24 | - | — | — | 13.66 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 178 | 177 | 181 | 26 | 11 66 | 7018 | 59 | ||
| Cases ad mil ted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Diphtheria | 1 | 28 | 28 | 1 | - | 10 | 7.32 | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 5 | 63 6 | 63 | — |
| Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be knteiic Fever | - | 10 | 9 | 1 | - | 18.0 | 44.88 | 29 | - |
| Other Diseases ... ... | — | 6 | 6 | — | - | — | 58.16 | - | — |
| Total | 609 | 589 | 77 | 17 0 | 61.43 | 51 | 11 | ||
2.—
| Cases admitted during 1901. | Cases admitted during 1902. | Cases admitted during 1903. | Cases admitted during 1904. | Cases admitted during 1905. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 304 | 231 | 172 | 235 | 352 |
| Diphtheria | 286 | 198 | 178 | 233 | 178 |
| Enteric Fever | 38 | 30 | 19 | 12 | |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | - |
| Pulmonary Phthis's | — | — | — | 1 | - |
| Other diseases | 2 | 22 | 28 | 51 | 64 |
| Total | 630 | 481 | 397 | 533 | 6092 |
*This includes a case which was admitted with mild Diphtheria but died
from Phthisis.
** Including four cases sent in as diptherii.