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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 1943
[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 | ||
| Appendicitis | 116 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 143 | ||||
| Oastric ulcer | 5 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 45 | |
| Duodenal ulcer | 9 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 53 | |
| Anastomatic uloer | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Dyspepsia | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Cholelithiasis | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 | ||||
| Colitis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Intestinal obstruction | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |||||
| Ischio rectal abscess | — | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Constipation | 14 | 36 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 52 |
| Hernia | — | — | — | 44 | 57 | 6 | 5 | 112 | |
| Haemorrhoids | — | — | 10 | — | 17 | ||||
| Cholecystitis | — | 6 | 19 | 2 | 28 | ||||
| Oastro enteritis | 6 | 15 | 9 | — | — | — | 31 | ||
| Gastritis | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Alveolar Abscess | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | — | — | |||||||
| Intestinal colic | 1 | — | — | 8 | |||||
| Catarrhal jaundice | 11 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
| Prolapse of Rectum | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Pyloric stenosis | 2 | — | — | 6 | |||||
| Fistula in Ano | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Swallowed F.B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Diarrhoea | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Peptic Ulcer | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Appendicular Colic | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Tapeworm | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| Thread worm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||