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Croydon 1931
[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)