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REPORT ON CASES ADMITTED TO WADDON HOSPITAL IN 1963
J.J. Linehan, Esq., M.D., D.P.H.
Physician Superintendent, Waddon Hospital
A total of 562 cases were admitted to the infectious diseases'
wards, giving an average occupancy of 30.26 beds and an
average stay in hospital of 19. 49 days.
The following are the final diagnoses of the patients admitted,
together with brief details of the common infectious
diseases treated. Where cases were admitted from outside the
Borough of Croydon, the Croydon cases are shown separately in
brackets.
Gastro-enteritis 96 (79)
Dysentery 89 (76)
Measles 58 (47)
Chicken-pox 55 (48)
Infective Hepatitis 22
Mumps 22 (18)
Scarlet Fever 19 (17)
Pneumonia 16 (14)
Whooping Cough 15
Glandular Fever 15
Salmonella Enteritis 9 (8)
Paratyphoid Fever 9 (8)
Typhoid Fever 4 (3)
Influenza 5 (1)
Influenzal Pneumonia 2
Meningitis 5 (4)
Encephalitis 1
Herpes Zoster 6 (5)
Rubella 4
Erysipelas 1
Bronchitis 19 (18)
Tonsillitis 14 (13)
Pharyngitis 12 (10)
Otitis Media 3
Streptococcal Sore Throat 1
Stomatitis 2
Thrush 1
Laryngitis 2
Pneumothorax 1
Asthma1
Lymphadenitis 8
Abscess 5 (4)
Cellulitis 1
Osteo-myelitis 1
Fractured Ribs 1
Thrombo-phlebitis 1
Infective Endocarditis 1
Myocardiac Degeneration 1
Anaemia 1
Ulcerative Colitis 3
Colitis 1
Appendicitis 1
Carcinoma of Colon 1 (0)
Pyelitis 2
Urinary Tract Infection 1 (0)
Impetigo 3 (2)
Urticaria 2
Scabies 1
Eczema 2
Pemphigus 1
Folliculitis of Face 1
Papular Urticaria 1
Herpes Simplex 1
Toxic Erythema 2
Polyneuritis 3 (2)
Epilepsy 1
Cerebral Thrombosis 1
Neurosis 1
Psychiatric Disorder 1
Pyrexia of Unknown Origin 2
Nil Abnormal Detected 1