London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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55
Cases Conveyed by Waddon Hospital Ambulance.
Scarlet Fever 462
Measles 44
Poliomyelitis 39
Whooping Cough 55
Mumps 15
Dysentery 17
Enteritis 33
Diphtheria 15
Chicken Pox 24
Typhoid 4
Breast Abscess 1
Rubella 1
Puerperal Pyrexia 28
Erysipelas 10
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 16
Pneumonia 5
Ulcerated Throat 1
Jaundice 5
Encephalitis 1
Bronchitis 1
Impetigo 1
Stomatitis 1
Otitis Media 1
Pyrexia 6
Tonsillitis 1
Septic Throat 1
Quinsy 1
Patients Out of the Borough 53
Service Requirements 97
939
On 61 occasions oxygen and carbon dioxide were administered
to patients by means of the "Novox Resuscitating
Apparatus."
The gas and air sets were used 1,138 times, necessitating
3,882 miles.
On 320 occasions calls were received for the Croydon Nursing
Service, necessitating 5,106 miles,