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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table 111
| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Alimentary. | |||||||||
| Appendicitis | - | - | 145 | 24 | 3 | 172 | |||
| Gastric ulcer | 13 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 46 | |
| Duodenal ulcer | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 40 | |
| Dyspepsia | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Cholelithiasis | 2 | _ | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Colitis | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| Intestinal obstruction | 3 | 13 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Constipation | 26 | 31. | 1 | — | 58 | ||||
| Hernia | — | — | 51 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 95 | ||
| Haemorrhoids | 3 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Cholecystitis | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | - | 27 | |||
| Gastro enteritis | 29 | 5 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 43 | ||
| Gastritis | 8 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| Alveolar Abscess | 1 | 2 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Intestinal colic | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Catarrhal jaundice | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Prolapse of Rectum | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Pyloric stenosis | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 | |||
| Fistula in Ano | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Swallowed F.B | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Appendicular Colic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Tapeworm | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Peritonitis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Stomatitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Adhesions | 2 | 1 | 1 | i | 5 | ||||
| Pelvic Abscess | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |