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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Condition. | In on 1st Jan. 1944 | Admitted or transferred. | Discharged. | I.S.Q. | Died. | In on 1st Jan. 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrested. | Quiescent. | Improved. | ||||||
| Infantile Paralysis | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Tubercular Joint Disease | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | 13 |
| Hemiplgeia | ||||||||
| Genu Valgum | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Pes Planus | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Talipes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Deformities | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Spastic Paraplegia | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Scoliosis | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Osteomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital Disease of Hip | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 15 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | — | 19 | |
| The percentage of arrested cases was 12 per cent.; quiescent cases was 4 per cent.; and 68 per cent. were improved. | ||||||||