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REPORT ON CASES ADMITTED TO WADDON HOSPITAL IN 1958
I am indebted to Dr. J.J. Linehan, Physician Superintendent,
for the following report on infectious etc. cases admitted to
the Hospital during 1958.
There was a total of 592 admissions of whom 472 were admitted
to the acute infectious diseases' wards, 106 to the
geriatric wards temporarily evacuated from Queen's Hospital and
14 to the chest ward. The small number of chest cases was due
to the closure of the chest ward on March, 31st. The average
number of occupied beds for the whole hospital was 98.22.
Admissions to the Infectious Diseases Wards:- The average
stay in hospital for these patients was 24.2 days and the
average number of occupied beds, 31.43. The following are the
final diagnoses of patients admitted to the acute infectious
diseases' wards together with brief details relating to the
common infectious diseases. Where patients have been admitted
from outside the Borough of Croydon, the Croydon admissions are
shown separately in brackets.
Scarlet Fever 70(69)
Gastro-enteritis 60( 47)
Measles 50(32)
Pneumonia (including
Influenzal Pneumonia 52( 18)
Chicken-pox 46(30)
Whooping Cough 25(23)
Dysentery 25(9)
Pood Poisoning 11(8)
Glandular Fever 9(8)
Meningitis 6
Rubella 6
Influenza 5
Erysipelas 4
Poliomyelitis 2
Infective Encephalitis 1
Infective Hepatitis 2(1)
Diphtheria 1(0)
Dengue 1(0)
Mumps 1
Neo-natal staphylococcal
Skin Infection 7
Non-patient Mothers 5
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1
Staphylococcal Septicaemia 2
Staphylococcal Sore Throat 3
Streptococcal Sore Throat 2
Pharyngitis 9
Tonsillitis 6(5)
Quinsy 2
Otitis Media 1
Laryngitis 1
Bronchitis 12(9)
Rheumatic Fever 6
Lymphadenitis 4
Parotid Abscess 1
Endometritis 1
Cellulitis 2
Impetigo 5
Herpes Zoster 1
Scabies 2(1)
Toxic Erythema 1
Drug Rash 1(0)
Cerebral Thrombosis 3
Neuritis 3(1)
Infective Polyneuritis 2
Hysteria 1
Hydrocephalus 1
Intestinal Haemorrhage 1
Intestinal Obstruction 1(0)
Congenital Pyloric
Stenosis 1
Appendicitis 1(0)
Foreign body in Stomach 1
Umbilical Hernia 1
Myocardiac Degeneration 1
Valvular Disease of the
Heart 1(0)
Bronchial Carcinoma 1
Diabetic coma 1