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Croydon 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE H. II .
| Districts. | Remaining at end of 1908. | Admitted during 1909. | Discharged during 1909. | Died during 1909. | Remaining at end of 1909. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The Ctoydon Union, cases admitted from Penge .. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Penge Urban D.C., non-pauper cases | 15 | 113 | 113 | 6 | 9 |
| The Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 16 | 6 | 21 | 1 | - |
| The Borough of Croydon | 127 | 836 | 813 | 32 | 118 |
* In the above table cases included under the Croydon Union are only those
pauper 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 total number of patients admitted was 956 as compared
with 941 in 1908.
TABLE H. III.
| Cases admitted during 1904. | Cases admitted during 1905. | Cases admitted during 1906. | Cases admitted during 1907. | Cases admitted during 1908. | Cases admitted during 1909. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 235 | 352 | 338 | 562 | 497† | 608‡ |
| Diphtheria | 233 | 178 | 239 | 249 | 354 | 292 |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 59 | 11 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | _ | |
| Pulmonary Phthisis | 1 | — | — | 1 | _ | __ |
| Other diseases | 51 | 64 | 47 | 42 | 31 | 45 |
| Total | 533 | 609 | 644 | 864 | 941 | 956 |
† Includes five cases sent in as Diphtherial. ‡ Including 26 L.F.H. cases.