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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 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The following table gives the number of patients admitted for each disease and the number discharged or died for the year 1915 :—TABLE H. IV.

The following table gives the number of patients admitted for each disease and the number discharged or died for the year 1915 :—

TABLE H. IV.

Disease.Remaining at end of 1914Admitted during 1915.Discharged during 1915.Died during 1915.Remaining at end of 1915.
Scarlet Fever98391433452
Admitted to Hospital as Scarlet but found not to be Scarlet—2222——
Diphtheria30188191819
Admitted as Diphtheria but found not to be Diphtheria—12102—
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis—5323273
Admitted as Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis but found not to be—14104*—
Enteric Fever-963—
Admitted as Enteric but found not to be—4——
Pulmonary Tuberculosis146137221
Puerperal Fever1423—
Measles—98 1—
Other Diseases21111—2
Total1457787577492
*2 Tubercular Meningitis, 1 Enteric FeverI Abscess.

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 :—

1911.1912.1913-1914.1915.
Scarlet Fever0.71.1.8.7.9
Diphtheria8.3363.026.44.02
Enteric Fever11.125.019.220.33.3
Cerebro Spinal Fever-—-—54.0
Pulmonary Tuberculosis——12.512.637.2
Puerperal Fever——-—60.0
Measles——-—11.1
Other Diseases6812 .06.22.30.0
All Cases5.03.22.93.1.89