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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 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table V.

Table V.

Complaint for which admitted.Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1942Patients admitted and discharged in 1942Patients admitted during 1942 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1943Analysis of Cases admitted whether discharged or not during the year.
Total.Recovered.Died.Total.Recovered.Died.Total.Recovered.Died.Total.Recovered.Died.Case Mortality.Average No. of days j in Hospital. |
Scarlet Fever1414-3793763120120-49949630.629.5
Diphtheria66-828021818-1009820.228.6
Enteric Fever——-22-11-33--51
Para-Typhoid Fever---22----22--7
Puerperal Pyrexia——-2222----2222--13
Puerperal Fever11—55----55--30
Erysipelas1—111101—--111019.011
Measles——-2626----2626--13.2
Rubella---11----11--8
C.S.M.11-2016411-211741916
Whooping Cough44-34304---3430411.739
Chicken Pox——-77----77--15.3
Mumps——-1313----1313--16.6
Tonsilitis——-11----11--7
Poliomyelitis——-22----22--33
Dysentry——-77-11-88--12.4
Pemphigus——------------
Vincents Angina11—22——--22--14
Ophthalmia---55----55--5
Tuberculosis11------------
Dermatitis---55----55--16
Simple Laryngitis---11----I1--5
Gastro Enteritis---22----22--10
Jaundice---11----11--18
Encephalitis——-11----11--19
Venereal Disease——-1717-11-1818--15
No Disease———4545—--—4545-—-
Totals2928169367914142142-83582114——