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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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| No. of Cases. | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases admitted as, but found not to be Enteric Fever—Total | 10 | - |
| Acute Septicaemia, secondary to Otitis Media | 1 | Died. |
| Pelvic Cellulitis (? Secondary to Appendix) | 1 | Transferred. |
| Constipation | I | Discharged. |
| Influenza | 2 | „ |
| Ulcerative Colitis ... | I | „ |
| Lobar Pneumonia ... | 2 | „ |
| Cirrhosis of Liver ... | I | „ |
| Mediterranean (or Malta) Fever | I | „ |
| No. of Cases. | Result. | |
| Other Diseases—Total | 6 | _ |
| Tonsillitis | 2 | Discharged |
| Injury to a Hip (previously Tuberculosis) | 1 | „ |
| Appendicitis | 1 | „ |
| Gastric Ulcer | 1 | )> |
| Neurasthenia | 1 | J) |
* In the above table cases included under the Croydon Union are only those
paucer patients who have contracted the disease in Penge. Patients resident in the
Infirmary or Workhouse who become infected whilst residents in these Institutions
are reckoned as Croydon cases.
The patient from Wandsworth was admitted via the General Hospital, having
been brought to that institution for tracheotomy, After operation this patient
was removed to the Borough Hospital,
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| Districts. | Remaining at end of 1904. | Admitted during 1905. | Discharged during 1905. | Died during 1905. | Remaining at end of 1905. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Croydon Union, cases admitted from Penge | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Penge Urban D.C., nonpauper cases | 2 | 49 | 38 | - | 13 |
| The Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 1 | 11 | 9 | - | 3 |
| The Borough of Wandsworth | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Private Cases | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Borough of Croydon | 89 | 547 | 540 | 35 | 61 |