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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The particular of patients suspected of having carried infection are given in the following table:-
| Discharged Patient. | Notes as to any abnormality on Discharge. | Onset and number of return case. | Interval between discharge of patient and onset of return case. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. in Register | Age. | Sex. | Date of Discharge. | Days in Hospital. | Length of illness. | |||
| 292 | 7 | M | 17/2/14 | 31 | 34 | Nil. | 5/3/14 (209) | 16 days |
| 19/5/14 (398) | 91 „ | |||||||
| 106 | 16 | M | 23/2.14 | 17 | 21 | Nil. | 27/2/14 (280) | 4 ,, |
| 42 | 194 | F | 12/3/14 | 55 | 57 | Nil. | 20/3/14 (258) | 8 ,, |
| 52 | 5 | M | 19/3/14 | 54 | 56 | Nil. | 31/3/14 (316) | 12 „ |
| 113 | 10 | M | 26/3/14 | 47 | 49 | Slight enlarged cervical glands. | 2/4/14 (307) | 7 „ |
| 111 | 7 | F | 21/3/14 | 42 | 44 | Enlarged cervical glands. | 8/4/14 (325) | 18 „ |
| 160 | 8 | M | 4/4/14 | 43 | 45 | Nil. | 7/4/14 (327) | 3 ,, |
| 15/4/14 (331) | 11 „ | |||||||
| 233 | 4 | M | 4/4/14 | 21 | 23 | Nil. | 17/4/14 (350) | 13 ,, |
| 249 | 14 | M | 16/4/14 | 42 | 44 | Enlarged cervical glands. | 25/4/14 (home case) | 9 „ |
| 120 | 13 | M | 16/5/14 | 97 | 102 | Nil. | 22/5/14 (402) | 6 „ |
| 254 | 34 | F | 25/4/14 | 37 | 39 | Nil. | 24/5/14 (416) | 29 „ |
| 279 | 12 | M | 12/5/14 | 45 | 47 | Nil. | 30/5/14 (431) | 18 „ |
| 469 | 7 | F | 20/6/14 | 45 | 46 | Nil | 7/7/14 (508) | 17 „ |
| 525 | 9 | F | 8/9/14 | 44 | 46 | Enlarged cervical glands. | 17:9/14 (627 | 9 „ |
| 540 | 3 | M | 29/9/14 | 53 | 55 | Enlarged cervical glands. | 6/10/14 (705) | 7 „ |
| 645 | 7 | F | 18/11 14 | 56 | 58 | Enlarged cervical glands. | 10/12/14 (892) | 22 „ |
| 773 | 6¼ | F | 15/12/14 | 49 | 52 | Enlarged cervical glands. | 23/12/14 (928) | 8 „ |
| 23/12/14 (929) | 8 „ | |||||||
In the preparation of Tables of Return Cases a limit of a fortnight
between the discharge of the supposed infecting case and the
onset of the illness in the return case is sometimes adopted. If
this limit were applied to the foregoing table only 13 cases would
be included; if a limit of three weeks 17 cases would be included.
INFLUENZA
was the assigned cause of death in 15 instances, as compared with
26 in 1913.
WHOOPING COUGH
accounted for 24 deaths, 23 of which occurred in children under
five years of age. The number of deaths in 1913 was 23. The
number of cases is unknown. 521 children who were suffering
from this disease were excluded from school, as compared with
358 in 1913.