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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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| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Skin. | |||||||||
| Boils, abscess and carbuncles | 26 | 12 | 38 | ||||||
| Burns and scalds | — | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Eczema | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| Impetigo | 17 | 7 | 24 | ||||||
| Scabies | 27 | 2 | — | 29 | |||||
| Dermatitis | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| Scurvy | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Septic spots | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Plantar Verrucae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Erythema nodosum | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
| Fibroma | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||
| Cellulitis | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Papilloma | — | — | 1 | — ' | 1 | ||||
| Sinusitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||
| Ulceration | — | 8 | 6 | 14 | |||||
| Herpes | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | ||||
| Urticaria | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | ||
| Purpura | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | |||||
| Infected corn | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| 169 | |||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 42 | 29 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 102 | |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
| Spine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | |||
| Meninges | 5 | — | — | 5 | |||||
| Elbow | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Knee | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||
| Hip | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||