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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Lymphatic Leukaemia | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Simple Tumour | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Ganglion | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Contusion | — | 24 | — | 24 | |||||
| Dislocations | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Fractured Limb | — | 46 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 74 | |||
| Fractured Skull | — | 17 | 4 | — | 3 | 24 | |||
| Fractured Jaw | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
| Foreign Body Swallowed | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | ||
| Concussion | — | — | 56 | 7 | 3 | — | 66 | ||
| Abrasions | — | — | 13 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Sprains | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | |
| Minor Injuries | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Shock | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Lacerations | — | — | — | 19 | 6 | 2 | 27 | ||
| Poisoning | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 10 | |||
| Totals Group L. | 20 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 209 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 305 |
| N. Tuberculosis. Lungs | 2 | 51 | 10 | 44 | 107 | ||||
| Bowel | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Meninges | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 5 | ||
| Spine | — | — | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Epididymo-orchitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Peritonitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Kidneys | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||
| Bladder | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
| Salpingitis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Glands | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Arthritis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals Group N. | 2 | 53 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 133 |