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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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Immediate Results of Treatment.
| Group. | Total number of cases discharged 1946. | Quiescent. | Improved. | No Material Improvement. | Died in the Sanatorium. | Discharged before completion of treatment. | Average duration of stay in days. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| Class T.B. Minus | 12 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 208 | 128 | ||
| Class T.B. Plus— | ||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 290 | 108 | ||
| Group 11 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 225 | 215 | ||
| Group III | 9 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 389 | 758 | ||
| Observation Non T.B. | - | |||||||||||||||
| 51 | 62 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| In-patients on 1st Jan., 1943 | Admitted during year 1946 | Discharged during year including deaths 1 | In on 1st Jan. 1947. | Died during year 1946 | ||||||||||||
| M | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||
| 39 | 26 | 71 | 77 | 66 | 69 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Number of Pateints January 1st, 1946 | 65 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, ,, admitted, 1946 | 148 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, ,, discharged, 1946 | 129 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, ,, died, 1946 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, ,, remaining January 1st, 1947 | 78 | |||||||||||||||
| Number of X-Ray screenings | 2,945 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, ,, X-Ray films taken | 647 | |||||||||||||||
| Number of refills given | 2,520 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, aspirations | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, A.P. cases commenced | 27 | |||||||||||||||
| „ pneumoperitoneum refills | 161 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, blood sedimentation tests | 101 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, sputum tests | 786 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, chest explorations | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, tuberculin tests | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| ,, urine tests | 51 | |||||||||||||||