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Croydon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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The table gives a summary of all cases treated in hospital in
1931. 879 patients were admitted and discharged during the year,
whilst including the patients in at the commencement of 1931
Complaint for which
Admitted.
Patients remaining
in Hospital on
Jan. 1st, 1931.
Patients admitted
and discharged
in 1931.
Patients remaining
in Hospital on
Jan. 1st, 1932.
Analysis of all Cases admitted
in 1931 whether discharged or
not during the year.
Average No. of bed*
occupied during 1931.
BOROUGH HOSPITAL.
Table XXXVIII.
Total.
Recovered
Died.
Total.
Recovered
Died.
Total.
Recovered
Died.
Total.
Recovered
Died.
Case
Mortality.
Average
No. of days
in Hospital.
Scarlet Fever
84
84
...
531
483
2
46
48
...
531
529
2
0.3
40.2
57.7
Diphtheria
52
51
1
269
234
6
29
29
...
269
263
6
2.2
38.8
30.3
Typhoid Fever
...
...
...
5
4
1
1
...
5
5
...
...
30.6
0.6
Paratyphoid Fever
...
...
...
3
2
1
1
...
3
3
...
...
60
0.4
Erysipelas
2
2
...
29
25
I
3
3
...
29
28
1
3.4
25.0
3.3
Measles
...
...
...
10
10
...
...
...
10
10
...
...
18
1.0
Puerperal Fever
...
...
...
23
15
8
...
...
...
23
15
8
3.7
27.2
3.1
Puerperal Pyrexia
...
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
2
2
...
...
22
0.2
Encephalitis Lethargica
...
...
...
1
...
i
...
...
...
1
...
1
100
2
0.2
Whooping Cough
1
1
...
47
44
2
1
1
...
47
45
2
4.2
40.7
4.9
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
...
...
...
5
2
3
...
...
...
5
2
3
60
29
0.8
Chicken Pox
...
...
...
11
10
1
1
...
11
11
......
...
258
1.2
Mumps
...
...
...
6
6
...
...
...
6
6
...
...
16
0.6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
...
...
...
3
3
...
...
3
3
...
...
10
0.3
T.B. Meningitis
...
...
...
3
...
3
...
...
...
3
...
3
100.
4
0.6
Infantile Palsy
...
...
...
4
4
...
...
...
...
4
4
...
...
36
0.4
Dermatitis
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
4
0.1
White Leg
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
50
0.1
Small Pox
...
...
...
2
2
...
...
...
...
2
2
...
...
3
0.2
Small Pox (Observation)
...
...
...
6
6
...
...
...
...
6
6
...
...
10
0.6
German Measles
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
I
1
...
...
10
0.1
No Diseases
1
1
...
24
24
...
...
...
...
24
24
...
...
13
2.4
Total
140
139
1
987
879
26
82
82
...
987
961
26
...
...