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WADDON (ISOLATION) HOSPITAL
I am indebted to Dr. J.J. Linehan for the following report
on infectious etc. cases admitted to the Hospital during 1955.
There was a total of 747 admissions of whom 631 were admitted
to the acute infectious diseases wards, 100 to the pulmonary
tuberculosis wards and 16 to the ward for chronic sick. In the
figures for the tuberculosis and chronic sick patients are included
patients in the wards temporarily evacuated from Mayday
Hospital. Where patients were admitted from outside the Borough
of Croydon, the number of Croydon patients are shown separately
in brackets. The average number of occupied beds was 101.6.
Admissions to the Tuberculosis Wards:- 100(96) tuberculous
patients were admitted and there were 10 deaths. The proportionate
increased mortality over the previous year occurred in the
higher age groups, all fatal cases being over 50 years. The
average bed occupancy was 41.3 and average stay in hospital 83.7
days.
Admissions to the Infectious Diseases Wards:- The following
are the final diagnoses of patients admitted to the acute infectious
disease wards, together with brief details relating to the
common infectious diseases. The average stay in hospital of these
patients was 20.8 days and the average bed occupancy 37.
Measles 140 (114)
Scarlet Fever 130 (124)
Gastro-enteritis 57 (52)
Dysentery 52 (47)
Chicken-pox 37 (33)
Poliomyelitis and
Encephalitis 29 (23)
Food Poisoning 20 (16)
Whooping Cough 16 (14)
Mumps 12
Erysipelas 8
Meningitis 4
Glandular Fever 4
Paratyphoid Fever 3
Rubella 3
Infectious Hepatitis 2
Herpes Zoster 2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1
Vincents Angina 1
Stephens Johnson Syndrome 1
Typhoid Fever 1
Pneumonia 13 (l0)
Bronchitis 6 (5)
Streptococcal Sore Throat 5
Tonsillitis 11 (10)
Pharyngitis 14 (13)
Quinsy 3 (2)
Stomatitis 2
Laryngitis 2
Otitis Media 1
Rhinitis 1
Impetigo 4
Ringworm 1
Dermatitis 1
Psoriasis 1
Urticaria 1
Vulvo-vaginitis 1
Appendicitis 1
Haemorrhagic Pancreatitis 1
Ulcerative Colitis 1
Melaena 1
Fistula in Ano 1
Oesophageal Haemorrhage 1
Carcinoma of Gall Bladder 1
Scarlatinal Nephritis 1
Pyelitis 1
Cerebral Thrombosis 1
Migraine 1
Neuritis 1
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage 1
Bel 1's Palsy 1
Rheumatism 1
Anaemia 1
Diabetes 1
Drug Allergy 1
Thrombo-phlebitis 1
Fractured Tibia 1
Bronchial Carcinoma 1
Poliomyelitis Contact 1
Non-patient Baby 1
Non-patient Mother 1
Nil abnormal detected 1