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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Classification of In-patients who were discharged From or who died in the Institution during the year ended 31st December, 1939.
| Di | Children 16 years_Discharged | under of age Died | Men and Women. Discharged | Died | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Acute infectious disease | 42 | - | 6 | - | |
| B. | Influenza | 1 | - | 26 | 2 | |
| C. | Tuberculosis: Pulmonary | 2 | 1 | 87 | 39 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | ||
| D. | Malignant Disease | 1 | 88 | 130 | ||
| E. | Rheumatism (1) Acute rheumatism (rheumatic fever) together with sub-acute rheumatism and chorea | 19 | 1 | 20 | - | |
| (2) Non-articular manifestations of so-called rheumatism (muscular rheumatism, fibrositis, lumbago and sciatica). | _ | - | 1 | - | ||
| (3) Chronic arthritis | 4 | 38 | 3 | |||
| F. | Venereal Disease | - | 2 | 11 | 1 | |
| G. | Puerperal pyrexia (including cases classified) | - | _ | 2 | - | |
| Puerperal fever (a) Women confined in hospital | - | - | _ | - | ||
| (b) Other cases | - | - | - | - | ||
| H. | Other diseases and accidents connected with pregnancy and childbirth. | - | - | 479 | 6 | |
| I. | Mental diseases (a) Seni-le Dementia | - | - | 14 | 1 | |
| (b) Other | 18 | - | 208 | - | ||
| J. | Senile decay • | - | - | 77 | 31 | |
| K. | . Accidental injury and violence | - | - | 307 | 17 | |
| In respect of cases not included above. | ||||||
| L. | Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs. | 17 | 4 | 174 | 78 | |
| M. | Disease of the Respiratory System. | 120 | 13 | 251 | 100 | |
| N. | " " " Circulatory System. | 9 | 6 | 151 | 193 | |
| 0. | " " " Digestive System | 150 | 15 | 519 | 43 | |
| P. | " " " Genito-Urinary System | 18 | - | 226 | 30 | |
| Q. | " " " Skin | 69 | - | 84 | 6 | |
| R. | Other diseases | 288 | 5 | 162 | 1 | |
| 3. | Mothers and infants discharged from Maternity Wards and not included in the above figures | |||||
| Mothers | - | - | 862 | - | ||
| Infants | 808 | - | - | - | ||
| T, | Any person not falling under any of the i above headings | 31 | 30 | 29 | - | |
| TOTALS | L694 | 83 | 3840 | 685 | ||
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