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Croydon 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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(1) Includes 14 cases of other diseases :
1 admitted as scarlet fever but really diphtheria.
2 do. do. crythema.
2 do. do. acute dermatitis.
1 do. do. no disease.
1 do. do. tonsilitis.
3 do. do. German measles.
1 admitted as scarlet fever and German measles but really German
measles.
3 admitted for observation, but no disease.
(2) Includes 26 cases of other diseases :
18 sent in as diphtheria hut really tonsilitis.
1 do. do. chicken pox.
1 do. do. influenza.
1 do. do. syphilis.
1 do. do. rhinorrhcea.
1 do. do. rheumatism.
1 do. do. cerebellar abscess.
1 do. do. bronchitis.
1 sent in for observation but no disease.
(3) One case admitted as cerebro-spinal meningitis but really tubercular
meningitis.
(4) Three cases sent in as enteric fever were really 1 case of tubercular
kidney, 1 case of mucous colitis, and 1 case of measles.
(5) Includes 5 cases of other disease sent in as puerperal fever: 1 case
of mastitis, 1 case of puerperal pyrexia and 3 cases of constipation.
(6) One case admitted as rubella was really a case of marasmus.
(7) Includes 2 cases of other disease: 2 sent in as sleepy sickness but
really tubercular meningitis cases.
(8) Includes 2 cases of other disease: 1 sent in as ophthalmia really
junctivitis and 1 reallv blepheritis.
(9) Includes 1 case sent in as poliomyelitis but really tubercular kidney.
1 case of tubercular meningitis.
1 case of meningitis.
1 case of enteritis.
2 cases of tonsilitis.
5 cases of marasmus and enteritis (gastro).
1 case of bronchitis.
1 case of otorrhœa.
1 case of pemphigus.
12 cases no disease found.
1 case of croup.

The following table shows the highest and lowest number of beds occupied on any one night during each month of the year 1926.

Month.Beds Occupied.Month.Beds Occupied.
Highest.Lowest.Highest.Lowest.
January7159July9872
February7856August7051
March9674September7050
April10071October9070
May13080November13287
June92December141108