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Croydon 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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The following table gives the number of patients admitted for
each disease, the number discharged or died, and average duration
of stay in hospital for the year 1914 :—

Table: TABLE H. IV.

TABLE H. IV.

Disease.Remaining at end of 1913Admitted during 1914.Discharged during 1914.Died during 1914.Remaining at end of 1914.Average Residence in days.
Fatal Cases.Non-Fatal Cases.
Scarlet Fever9263863059511.251.6
Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Scarlet Fever-1515----
Diphtheria9718624319217.342.6
Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Diphtheria—2525—---
Enteric Fever114113125.43.3
Cases admitted to Hospital as but subsequently found not to be Enteric Fever-11---62.
Pulmonary Phthisis15564991392.1103.01
Other Diseases-1210-2--
Total20591798436132--

Table: TABLE H V.The following table gives the fatality for each disease:—

TABLE H V.

The following table gives the fatality for each disease:—

1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.
Scarlet Fever1.10.71.1.8.7
Diphtheria6.38.33.63.026.4
Enteric Fever6.611.125.019.220
Pulmonary Phthisis---12.512.6
Other Diseases6.36.812.06.22.3
All Cases2.85.03.22.93.1

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Under other diseases are included the following :—

Table: Cases notified as Scarlet Fever but not Scarlet Fever—

Cases notified as Scarlet Fever but not Scarlet Fever—

Result
Ichthyosis1Discharged
Measles2„
No disease observed10„
Erythema2„