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WADDON (ISOLATION) HOSPITAL.
Report on Patients Admitted to Waddon Hospital in 1951
I am indebted to Dr. J. Linehan for the following report on
infectious, etc., cases admitted to the Waddon Hospital during
1951:—
There were a total of 750 admissions of whom 78 patients
were admitted as suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and 672
from other infectious diseases. Where some patients were admitted
from outside the Borough of Croydon, the number of patients
admitted from Croydon is shown separately in brackets.
Admissions to the Tuberculosis Wards—78 patients were
admitted of whom 75 (70) were diagnosed as suffering from pulmonary
tubehrculosis. There was a total of four deaths during
the year, two of whom were admitted in 1951 and two in the
previous year. The average number of occupied beds in these
wards was 37.
The following is a list of patients admitted to the other
infectious disease wards, according to diagnosis, corrected where
necessary, together with brief details relating to common
infectious diseases:—
Scarlet Fever 328 (316)
Measles 76 (73)
Chicken-Pox 57 (47)
Whooping Cough 28
Mumps 27
Dysentery 17
Gastro-Enteritis 16 (14)
Poliomyelitis 8 (7)
Food Poisoning 5
Erysipelas 3
Infective Hepatitis3
Meningitis 2
Typhoid Fever 1 (0)
Rubella 6
Malaria 1 (0)
Pyrexia of Unknown
Origin 1
Puerperal Pyrexia 1
Tonsillitis 14 (13)
Pharyngitis 7
Pneumonia 7
Streptococcal Sore Throat 3
Bronchitis 3
Laryngitis 1
Sore Throat 2
Rheumatic Fever 2
Influenza 3
Vincent's Angina .3
Otitis Media 2
Cervical Lymphadenitis 2
Gingivitis 1
Ulcerative Stomatitis 1
Ulcerative Colitis 1
Carcinoma of Cascum 1
Intussusception 1
Indigestion 1
Teething 1
Tuberculous Peritonitis 1
Cystitis 1
Cellulitis 1
Osteomyelitis 1
Arthritis 1
Impetigo 3
Toxic Erythema 3
Papular Urticaria 4
Infectious Erythema 2
Purpura Simplex 1
Dermatitis 1
Teething Rash 1
Neuritis 1
Paralytic Brachial
Neuritis 1
Disseminated Sclerosis 2
Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage 1
Non-Patient Mothers 3
Non-Patient Babies 1
Sunstroke 1