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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table A gives a summary of all cases treated at the Hospital during 1946.

Table A gives a summary of all cases treated at the Hospital during 1946.

Complaint for which admitted.Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1946Patients admitted and discharged in 1946Patients admitted during 1946 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1947Analysis of Cases admitted whether discharged or not during the year.
Total.Recovered.Died.Total.Recovered.Died.Total.Recovered.Died.TotalRecovered.Died.Case Mortality.Average No. of days in Hospital.
Scarlet Fever3838-346346-4747-393393--25
Diphtheria1010-747221515-898722.232
Enteric Fever---33-11-44--20
C.S.M.11-12111---121118.330
Dysentery---66----66--8
Puerperal Pyrexia---1515----1515--18
Erysipelas11-1212----1212--18
Measles---2524122-272613.712
Rubella---11----11--15
Whooping Cough---1211111-131217.729
Chicken Pox22-4242-11-4343--18
Mumps---33----33--12
Encephalitis---1-1---1-1100.015
Tonsilitis---44----44--10
Meningitis11-541---54120.012
Gastro Enteritis11-13103---1310323.011
Poliomyelitis11-33----33--29
Ophthalmia---55----55--19
Venereal Disease---55----55--13
Pemphigus---11----11--14
Dermatitis11------------
No Disease---2727----2727---
Totals5656-615605106767-68267210--