Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table III.
Classification of In-Patients who were Discharged from, or who Died in the Institution during the year ended 31st December, 1931.
Disease Groups. | Children (under 16 years of age). | Men and Women. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Discharged | Died | Discharged | Died | |||||||||
C. | S. | K. | C. | S. | K. | C. | S. | K. | C. | S. | K. | |
A.—Acute infectious disease. | 18 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
B.—Influenza | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 3 | - | 4 | - | - |
C.—Tuberculosis: Pulmonary Non-pulmonary | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 54 | 8 | - | 46 | 2 | - |
D.—Malignant disease | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - |
E.—Rheumatism— | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | 7 | — | 84 | 8 | - |
(1) Acute rheumatism (rheumatic fever) together with sub-acute rheumatism and chorea) | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 6 | - | 8 | 2 | - |
(2) Non-articular manifestations of so-called “rheumatism” (muscular rheumatism, fibrositis, lumbago and sciatica) | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
(3) Chronic arthritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
F.—Venereal disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
G.—.Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
H.—Puerperal fever— | ||||||||||||
(a) Women confined in the hospital | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
(b) Admitted from outside | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
I.—Other diseases and accidents connected with pregnancy and childbirth | - | - | - | - | - | - | 103 | 9 | __ | 8 | - | - |
J.—Mental diseases— | ||||||||||||
(a) Senile dementia | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 276 | 43 | 2 | 14 | 8 | - |
(b) Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
K-—Senile decay | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 1 | - | 86 | 7 | - |
L.—Accidental injury and violence | 24 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 123 | 12 | - | 6 | 2 | - |
In respect of cases not included above: | ||||||||||||
M.—Disease of the Nervous System & Sense Organs. | 58 | 2 | - | 9 | 1 | - | 83 | 14 | - | 29 | 5 | - |
,, Respiratory ,, | 71 | 6 | - | 15 | 2 | - | 166 | 20 | - | 106 | 14 | - |
O. Circulatory „ | 25 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 96 | 8 | - | 106 | 9 | - |
P. „ Digestive ,, | 126 | 12 | - | 19 | - | 1 | 234 | 19 | - | 47 | 8 | - |
Q. „ Genito-urinary | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 162 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 2 | - |
R. Disease of the Skin | 61 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 96 | 17 | - | 5 | 6 | - |
S.—Other diseases Children admitted “with Mother” | 21 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 36 | - | - | 7 | - | - |
T.—Mothers and infants discharged from Maternity Wards and not included in above figures— | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mothers | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 347 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
Infants | 324 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Totals | 791 | 52 | 1 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 1978 | 213 | 4 | 590 | 73 | - |
“C”: Croydon
“S”: Surrey Cases.
“K”: Kent (Penge)