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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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, 1946 | Patients admitted and discharged in 1946 | Patients admitted during 1946 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1947 | Analysis of Cases admitted whether discharged or not during the year. | ||||||||||
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Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total | Recovered. | Died. | Case Mortality. | Average No. of days in Hospital. | |
Scarlet Fever | 38 | 38 | - | 346 | 346 | - | 47 | 47 | - | 393 | 393 | - | - | 25 |
Diphtheria | 10 | 10 | - | 74 | 72 | 2 | 15 | 15 | - | 89 | 87 | 2 | 2.2 | 32 |
Enteric Fever | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 20 |
C.S.M. | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 12 | 11 | 1 | 8.3 | 30 |
Dysentery | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 8 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | - | - | 18 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | 18 |
Measles | - | - | - | 25 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 27 | 26 | 1 | 3.7 | 12 |
Rubella | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 15 |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7.7 | 29 |
Chicken Pox | 2 | 2 | - | 42 | 42 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 43 | 43 | - | - | 18 |
Mumps | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 100.0 | 15 |
Tonsilitis | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 10 |
Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20.0 | 12 |
Gastro Enteritis | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 13 | 10 | 3 | 23.0 | 11 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 29 |
Ophthalmia | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 19 |
Venereal Disease | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 13 |
Pemphigus | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
Dermatitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
No Disease | - | - | - | 27 | 27 | - | - | - | - | 27 | 27 | - | - | - |
Totals | 56 | 56 | - | 615 | 605 | 10 | 67 | 67 | - | 682 | 672 | 10 | - | - |