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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 Caaes Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Circulatory (Heart) | |||||||||
| Myocardial Degen : | — | 21 | 1 | 157 | — | — | — | — | 179 |
| Aortic incompetence | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Arterio sclerosis | — | 13 | 3 | 9 | — | — . | — | — | 25 |
| Aortic stenosis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Endocarditis | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Myocarditis | — | 2 | 1 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| Carditis | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Auricular fibrillation | — | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Mitral stenosis | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Congestive heart failure | 1 | 14 | 1 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 27 |
| Heart failure | — | 16 | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | — | 34 |
| Aortic regurgitation | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital heart disease | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tachycardia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cardiac disease | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Angina | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Rheumatic Carditis | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Syncopal attack | — | 2 | — | — | — | —— | — | — | 2 |
| 342 | |||||||||
| Constitutional. | |||||||||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 2 | 17 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| Debility | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Nutritional disorder | 23 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| Marasmus | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Rickets | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Diabetic coma | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Malnutrition | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Muscular Dystrophy | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 82 | |||||||||