Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following details, kindly supplied by the Medical Superintendent, Dr. A. Gilrav, refer to patients treated during the year.
Table IV.
Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
A. Alimentary System. | |||||||||
Colic | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Stomatitis | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Enteritis | 34 | 5 | 1 | 9 | — | 49 | |||
Hernia | — | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 33 | |||
Appendicitis | — | — | 146 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 163 | ||
Peritonitis | — | 3 | — | 3 | 6 | ||||
Constipation | 14 | 5 | 19 | ||||||
Fistula in ano | — | — | 3 | 3 | |||||
Haemorrhoids | — | — | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 40 |
Gastritis | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 12 | |||
Intussusception | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |||
Dyspepsia | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Cholecystitis | — | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 21 | |||
Intestinal Obstruction | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | ||||
Pyorrhoea | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | 11 | |
Colitis | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Jaundice | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | |
Abdominal Pain (? Cause) | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Hare Lip and Cleft Palate | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Diverticulitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Pancreatic cyst | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
Abdominal Tumour | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||
Colelithiasis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Prolapse of Rectum | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
Ischio-rectal abscess | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |