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Croydon 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE T. 12.
Table showing Results of Treatment of Persons discharged from Borough Hospital during 1914.
| Condition on Discharge. | Condition on December 31st, 1914. | Condition on December 31st, 1915. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | w. | 1l. | m. | W. 1L. | m. | w | tl. | ||||
| At work | 14 | 2 | 16 | At work ... | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Do. after relapse and treatment at Sanatorium | 1 | 0 | 1 | Do. after relapse and treatment at Sanatorium | |||||||
| Fit for work | 1 | 0 | 1 | Fit for work | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Fit for work | 19 | 3 | 22 | Relapsed | 2 | 1 | 3 | Relapsed | *2 | — | 2 |
| Deceased | 1 | 0 | 1 | Deceased | 4 | - | 4 | ||||
| In statu quo | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||
| At Waddon | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||
| At Sanatorium | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 22 | 22 | ||||||||||
| At work | 0 | 1 | 1 | At work | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| In statu quo | 2 | 1 | 3 | In statu quo | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Relapsed | 9 | 2 | 11 | Relapsed | - | - | - | ||||
| Left Croydon | 1 | 0 | 1 | Left Croydon | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| Improved | 20 | 4 | 24 | Deceased | 6 | 0 | 6 | Deceased | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| Admitted to San | 2 | 0 | 2 | Admitted to San. | — | — | — | ||||
| 24 | 24 | ||||||||||
| In statu quo | 0 | 1 | 1 | In statu quo | |||||||
| In statu quo | 1 | 1 | 2 | Deceased | 1 | 0 | 1 | Deceased | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Note.—In addition 2 men were admitted during 1914, but discharged *One after Sanatorium treatment 1915. themselves after only 2 weeks' treatment. One was in good health and has kept at work since; the other was acutely ill and died shortly after. | |||||||||||