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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MAYDAY HOSPITAL
1. Total number of admissions (including infants born in
hospital) 5114
2. Number of women confined in hospital 8l8
3. Number, of live births 737
Ij.. Number of still births 42
5. Number of deaths among the newly-born (i.e. under 4 weeks
of age) 21
6. Number of deaths among children under one year (including
these given under 5) 44
7. Number of Maternal deaths among women admitted to Hospital
for confinement) 2
8. Total number of deaths 675
9. Total number of discharges including infants born in
hospital. 48l4
10. Duration of stay of patients included in 8 and 9 above :-
(a) Under four weeks 4244
(b) Pour weeks and under thirteen
weeks 1062
(c) Thirteen weeks or more 183
11. Number of beds occupied (excluding cots in maternity wards)
(a) Average during the year - 551
(b) Highest 495 on 13.3.40
(c) Lowest 244 on l6.12.4o.
12. Number of surgical operations under general anaesthetic
(excluding dental operations) 873
13. Number of abdominal sections. 433
Number of X-Ray Films Taken
Spine. 260
Bones, 1129
Pelvis. 44
Chest. 1572
Barium Meals; 554
Barium Enemeta; 30
Renal. 208
Gall-bladder. 92
Teeth. 229
AMomina1 F.B. 46
Maternity cases. 513
Skull. 382
5,059
Total Number of Cases X-rayed - 2,666
DIAGNOSTIC
... 1940.
Oesophagus with Barium. 4 3
Barium Meals. 78 l40
Barium Enemeta. l6 16
Gall-Bladders (Plain). 9 7
Cholecystograms. 23 16
Renal Tracts (Plain). 26 2,
Pyelograms. 27 2
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