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Croydon 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Thus allowing for unavoidable errors it may be assumed that
during- 1914 approximately 80 per cent, of the fresh cases occurring
amongst the class where Dispensary treatment was desirable were
actually treated through the Dispensary.
SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL TREATMENT :

TABLE T. 7.

SUMMARY OF CASES TREATED AT SANATORIA, 1914.

M.W.C.Tl.
(A)Persons in Sanatoria on Jan. 1st, 1914105116
(B)Persons who were admitted to and discharged from Sanatoria during 1914........33352290
(C)Persons who were admitted to and died at Sanatoria during 19143__3
(D)Persons in Sanatoria on December 31st, 191419131345
Note.—One woman appears both in (A) and (B) and one in (B) and(C).

(1.) The total individuals receiving treatment in Sanatoria during 1914
is therefore [A + B + C + D —2]
Men ... ... ... ... 65 ^
Women ... ... ... ... 51 152
Children 36 J
(ii.) The total individuals sent to Sanatoria in 1914 is [B + C 4- D — 1].
Men 55 j
Women ... ... ... . 47 137
Children ... ... ... ... 35 j
Remarks.
(i.) 60 men and 33 women weri " insured persons."
(ii.) 5 men were treated for less than one month in Sanatoria : 2 of
these (Class C) died shortly after admission. In their case the
place of treatment was the Brompton Hospital, not a " sanatorium
" in the strict sense of the word.
(iii.) Certain of these cases received more than one kind or period of
institutional treatment in 1914 as follows :—■
3 men had previously been treated at the Borough Hospital
in 1914.
4 men were subsequently treated at the Borough Hospital
in 1314.
1 woman was twice admitted to and discharged from a Sanatoria
in 1914 and was then admitted! to the Borough
Hospital.
1 woman was twice admitted to a Sanatorium in 1914, remaining
there at the end of the year.
(iv.) 11 of the children were boys and 24 were girls.