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REPORT ON CASES ADMITTED TO WADDON HOSPITAL IN 1961
J.J. Linehan, Esq., M. D., D.P.H.
Physician Superintendent, Waddon Hospital
Admissions to the Infectious Diseases' Wards:-
A total of 610 patients were admitted to the infectious
diseases' wards, giving an average bed occupancy of 31.74 and an
average stay in hospital of 19.77 days.
The following are the final diagnoses of the patients admitted,
together with brief details regarding the common infectious
diseases treated. Where patients were admitted from
outside the Borough of Croydon, the Croydon cases are shown
separately in brackets.
Measles 112 (53) stomatitis 1
Gastro-enteritis 104 (86) Dental Abscess 1 (0)
Dysentery 63 ( 28) Asthma
Scarlet Fever 38 (34) Gastric Ulcer 1
Pneuaonla 32 (21) Carcinoma of the Pancreas 1
Chick en-pox 28 ( 22) Appendicitis 3
whooping cough 21 (14) Intussusception 1
Influenza 21 (16) cholelithiasis 1
Meningitis and Encephalitis 20 (14) Ulcerative Colitis l
Rubella 18 (15) Diverticulitis 1 (0)
Glandular Fever 13 (10) Scabies 7
Infective Hepatitis 11 (8) Dermatitis 3
Salmonella Infection 10 Impetigo 3
Mumps 8 ( 5) Conjunctivitis 3 (2)
Streptococcal Sore Throat 4 ( 2) Toxic Erythema
Herpes Zoster 4 (3) Whitlow 1(0)
Erysipelas 3 Papular Urticaria 1
Poliomyelitis 2 Vaccinia 1 (0)
Paratyphoid 1 Napkin Rash 1 (0)
Roseola Infantum 1(0) Lymphadenitis 3
Tonsillitis 13 (11) Acute Rheumatism 1 (0)
Pharyngitis 16 (14) Infective Polyneuritis 3 (2)
Rhinitis 1 Mental Depression 1
Bronchitis 15 (11) Subarachnoid Haemorrhage 1
Otitis Media 2 Non-patient Babies 3 (2)
2(0)