London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table I.
| 1. Total number of admissions (including infants born in hospital) | 6,424 |
| 2. Number of women confined in hospital | 952 |
| 3. Number of live births | 924 |
| 4. Number of still births | 41 |
| 5. Number of deaths among the newly-born (i.e., under 4 weeks of age) | 24 |
| 6. Total number of deaths among children under one year (including those given under 5) | 95 |
| 7. Number of Maternal deaths among women admitted to hospital for confinement | 7 |
| 8. Total number of deaths | 876 |
| 9. Total number of discharged (including infants born in hospital) | 5,538 |
| 10. Duration of stay of patients included in 8 and 9 above— | |
| (a) Under four weeks | 4,532 |
| (b) Four weeks and under thirteen weeks | 1,477 |
| (c) Thirteen weeks or more | 405 |
| 11. Number of beds occupied (excluding cots in maternity wards)— | |
| (a) Average during the year | 499 |
| (b) Highest 568 on 26.11.37. | |
| (c) Lowest 453 on 13.10.37. | |
| 12 Number of surgical operations under general anaesthetic (excluding dental operations) | 1,051 |
| 13. Number of abdominal sections | 432 |