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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MASSAGE
Exercises.
Radiant Heat.
Electrical.
Diathermy.
Ultra Violet Light
Was.
Infra Red.
Total number of patients treatedMental
Patients death with during, the Year
Male
Admitted.
Certified and sent to
Warlingham Park Hospital.
As Voluntary patients to
Warlingham Park Hospital.
Discha rged not certified.
128
20
39
49
191+0
6,715
2,316
554
255
531
36
553
12,38377
Female
200
27
37
76
THERAPY DEPARTMENT.
| Condition for which treatment wo.3 given | No. of Patients | No. of Applications. | Cured. | Relieved. | Died | Transferred to other Hosps. | Still under treatment. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcinoma of Cervix. | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | |||
| " Uterus. | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| " " Breast. | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| " Larynx. | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Sarcoma of Hip. | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| " Lympho. | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Fibroid Uterus | 2 | 12 | 2 | ||||
| Sterilization. | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mitral Stnnosis | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 26 | 181 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Corresponding Totals for 1939. | 31 | 405 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
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