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REPORT ON CASES ADMITTED TO WADDON HOSPITAL IN 1965
J.J. Linehan, Esq., M. D., D. P.H.
Physician Superintendent, Waddon Hospital
A total of 451 patients were admitted to the infectious diseases
wards giving an average occupancy of 22.77 beds and an
average stay in hospital of 17.689 days.
The following are the final diagnoses of patients admitted
together with brief details of the common infectious diseases
treated. Where patients were admitted from outside the Borough
of Croydon, the Croydon cases are shown separately in brackets.
Gastroenteritis 98 (88)
Measles 89 (73)
Chicken-pox 42 ( 39)
Scarlet Fever 36 (32)
Dysentery 22 (14)
Glandular Fever 13 (9)
Pneumonia 12(10)
Infective Hepatitis 10 (7)
Meningitis and Encephalitis 9 (7)
Erysipelas 5
Whooping Cough 4 (3)
Mumps 3 (1)
Rubella 3
Herpes Zoster 3
Salmonella enteritis 2
Malaria 2 (1)
Typhoid Fever 1
Paratyphoid Carrier 1
Syphills 1
Bronchitis 10 (9)
Tonsillitis 7 (8)
Otitis Media 7
Quinsy 3
Rhinitis 2
Stomatitis 5
Pharyngitis 5
Laryngitis 1
Gastritis 2
Furunculosis 2
Adenitis 2
Cellulitis 2
Rheumatic Fever 2
Pediculosis 1
Ptyriasis Rosea 1
Pemphigus 1
Papular Urticaria 3
Erythema Multiforme 1
Allergic Rash 5 (3)
Jaundice 1
Gall Stones 1
Diverticulitis 2 (1)
Carcinoma of Colon 1
Intestinal Adhesions 1
Ulcerative Colitis 1
Asthma 1
Sub-arachnoid Harmorrhage 4 (2)
Polyneuritis 1
Anxiety Neurosis 1
Nervous Debility 1
Convulsions 1
Sunstroke 1
Diabetes Mellitls 1
Temporal Arteritis 1
Nephritis 1
Urinary Infection 2 (1)
Anaemia 1
Thalassaenia 1
Aneurism 1
Dog Bites 1
Fractured Ankle 1
Coronary Thrombosis 1
Retention of Faeces 1
Pyrexia of Unknown Origin 2 (1)
Nil Abnormal Detected 2 (1)
Non-patient Baby 1
For details of cases see Appendix, Page 131