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Croydon 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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(B) Number of Dispensaries for the treatment of Tuberculosis (excluding centres used only for special forms of treatment)
| Provided by the Council | One |
| Provided by Voluntary Bodies | Nil |
Table XIV.
(C) Number of beds available for the treatment of Tuberculosis on the 31st December in Institutions belonging to the Council
| Name of Institution. | For Pulmonary Cases | For Non-Pulmonary Cases | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children under 15 | Adults | Children under 15 | |||||||
| Croydon Borough Sanatorium, North Cheam, Surrey | 93 | 93 | ||||||||
| Mayday Hospital, Mayday Road, Thornton Heath (In C.B. of Croydon) | Beds reserved for Tuberculosi s cases are used for Pulmonary or Non-Pulmonary pa-tients, as Vequired. | 64 | ||||||||
| (D) Return showing the extent of Residential Treatment and Observation during the year in Institutions (other than Poor Law Institutions) approved for the treatment of Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| In Institutions on Jan. 1st. (1) | Admitted during the year (2) | Discharged during the year. (3) | Died in the Institutions. (4) | In Institutions on Dec. 31st. (5) | ||||||
| Number of doubtfully tuberculous cases admitted for observation: | ||||||||||
| Adult males | — | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Adult females | — | 12 | 11 | — | 1 | |||||
| Children | — | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | |||||
| Total | — | 26 | 21 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Number of patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis: | ||||||||||
| Adult males | 65 | 142 | 103 | 33 | 71 | |||||
| Adult females | 47 | 131 | 106 | 24 | 48 | |||||
| Children | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 116 | 281 | 217 | 58 | 122 | |||||
| Number of patients suffering from non-pulmonary tuber- | ||||||||||
| Adult males | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Adult females | 13 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Children | 17 | 12 | 11 | — | 18 | |||||
| Total | 37 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 35 | |||||
| Grand Total | 153 | 339 | 270 | 61 | 161 | |||||