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.
Disease Groups. | Children (under 16 years of age). | Men and Women. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Discharged | Died | Discharged | Died | |
A.—Acute infectious disease | 50 | - | 30 | 5 |
B.—Influenza | 5 | - | 23 | - |
C.—Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 1 | - | 68 | 52 |
Non-pulmonary | 1 | - | 8 | 4 |
D.—Malignant disease | - | -_ | 35 | 76 |
E.—Rheumatism— | ||||
(1) Acute rheumatism (rheumatic fever) together with sub-acute rheumatism and chorea | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
(2) Non-articular manifestations of so-called "rheumatism" (muscular rheumatism, fibrositis, lumbago and sciatica) | 1 | - | 27 | - |
(3) Chronic arthritis | - | - | 23 | 8 |
F.—Venereal disease | - | - | 12 | 3 |
G.—Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | 13 | - |
H.—Puerperal fever— | ||||
(a) Women confined in the hospital | - | - | 1 | - |
- | - | -_ | - | |
I.—Other diseases and aoci-dents connected with pregnancy and childbirth | - | - | 157 | 4 |
J.—'Mental diseases— | ||||
(a) Senile dementia | 13 | 1 | 258 | 18 |
(b) Other | - | - | - | - |
K.—Senile decay | - | - | 30 | 49 |
L—Accidental injury and violence | 19 | - | 161 | 8 |
In respect of cases not included above : | ||||
M.—Disease of the Nervous System & Sense Organs. | 38 | - | 61 | 13 |
N „ Respiratory ,, | 81 | 10 | 130 | 86 |
O, Circulatory „ | 5 | — | 137 | 165 |
P Digestive „ | 124 | 11 | 262 | 30 |
Q ,, Genito-urinary | 9 | 2 | 149 | 55 |
R. Disease of the Skin | 46 | 1 | 75 | 7 |
S.—Other diseases | 40 | - | 99 | 20 |
T.—Mothers and infants discharged from Maternity Wards and not included in above figures— | ||||
Mothers | - | - | 431 | 5 |
Infants | 408 | 16 | — | — |
Totals | 847 | 42 | 2213 | 609 |