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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 for which Treatment was given. | No. of Patients. | No. of Applications. | Cured. | Relieved. | Died. | Transferred to other Hosps. | Still under Treatment. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcinoma of Uterus | 1 | 18 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cervix | 2 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Ovary | 2 | 24 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Oseophagus | 1 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Breast | 22 | 189 | - | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Lung | 2 | 32 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Testicle | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Sarcoma of Hip | 2 | 17 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Buttock | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Epithelioma of lip | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| vulva | 4 | 72 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Menorrhagia | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Lymphatic Leukaemia | 7 | 84 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Myeloma | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sarcoma of muscles of thigh | 1 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pruitus Vulva | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Boecks Sarcoid | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ewings Tumour | 1 | 26 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Carcinoma of Bronchus | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | 573 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Corresponding totals for 1943 | 78 | 930 | 4 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 6 |