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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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32
Number of Beds provided for Sick, Maternity and Mental
cases:—
(a) for Men 160
(b) for Women 246
(c) for Children 60 (under 16 years of age)
Total 466
Table I.
| No. of Wards. | MEN. | WOMEN. | CHILDREN. | TOTAL. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provided. | Occupied. | Provided. | Occupied. | Provided. | Occupied. | Provided. | Occupied. | ||
| Medical | 2 | 32 | 23 | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | 64 | 55 |
| Surgical | 2 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 22 | ... | ... | 64 | 50 |
| Chronic Sick | 3 | 32 | 30 | 64 | 75 | ... | ... | 96 | 105 |
| *Children | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60 | 41 | 60 | 41 | |
| ‡Tuberculosis | 2 | 32 | 25 | 32 | 33 | ... | 64 | 58 | |
| Maternity | 1 | ... | ... | 22 | 15 | ... | **15 | 22 | 30 |
| Mental | 2 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 30 | ... | 64 | 60 | |
| Gynaecological | 1 | ... | ... | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | 32 | 32 |
| Total | 15 | 160 | 136 | 246 | 239 | 60 | 56 | 466 | †431 |
* Plus 4 dayrooms attached to adult wards. ** Infants,
†Number of beds occupied on December 31st, 1934.
†Only some 50% of the beds allocated for Tuberculosis are occupied by
Tuberculosis patients.
Table II
| 1.—Total number of admissions (including infants born in hospital | 3896 |
| 2.—Number of women confined in hospital | 515 |
| 3.—Number of live births | 485 |
| 4.—Number of still births | 38 |
| 5.—Number of deaths among the newly.born (under 4 weeks) | 16 |
| 6.—Total number of deaths among the children under one year (including those under No. 5) | 43 |
| 7.—Number of maternal deaths among women admitted to hospital for confinement | 5 |
| 8.—Total number of deaths | 699 |
| 9.—Total number of discharges (including infants born in hospital) | 3703 |
| 10.—Duration of stay of patients included in Nos. 8 and 9 : | |
| 2889 | |
| (b) Four weeks and under thirteen weeks | 1201 |
| (c) Thirteen weeks and more | 312 |
| 11.—Number of beds occupied (a) average during the year (b) highest 536 on 16/4/34 ; (c) lowest 407 on 12/8/34. | 479 |
| 12.—Number of surgical operations under G.A. (excluding dental operations) | 688 |
| 13.—Number of abdominal sections | 319 |