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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXXVI.
| Complaint for whjch Admitted. | Patients remaining in Hospital on Jan. 1st, 1930. | Patients admitted and discharged in 1930. | Patients lemaining in Hospital on Jan. 1st, 1931. | Analysis of all Cases admitted in 1930 whether discharged or not during the year. | Average No. of beds occupied during 1930. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Recovered j | Died. | Total. | Recovered | Died. | Total. | Recovered | Died. | Total. | Recovered | Died. | Case Mortality. | Average No. of days in Hospital. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 84 | 84 | ... | 679 | 593 | 2 | 84 | 84 | ... | 679 | 677 | 2 | 0.3 | 36.5 | 65.3 |
| Diphtheria. | 61 | 63 | ... | 462 | 398 | 12 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 462 | 450 | 12 | 2.5 | 37.5 | 42.9 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | 35 | 2.5 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 35 | 2.5 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28.4 | 16.0 | 0.40 |
| Measles | 2 | 2 | ... | 45 | 43 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 45 | 43 | 2 | 4.4 | 20 | 0.11 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12.4 | 40 | 1.0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 19 | 0.5 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 0 05 |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | 30 | 0.59 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33 3 | 12 | 0.09 |
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 21 | 0.17 |
| Chicken Pox | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 20 | 0.05 |
| Acute Gastro Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | ... | |
| Mumps | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | l | 25.0 | 21 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 9 | ... | .. | 20 | ... |
| Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | ... |
| Tonsillitis | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | ... |
| No Diseases | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 0.76 |
| Total | 150 | 150 | ... | 1250 | 1087 | 23 | 140 | 139 | 1 | 1250 | 1227 | 23 | ... | ... | ... |
The table gives a summary of all cases treated in hospital in
1930. Out of the total of 182 beds, 113 have been continuously
occupied, i.e., 62%.