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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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| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Senility | - | - | 119 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 121 |
| Skin. | 121 | ||||||||
| Boils, abscess and carbuncles | 19 | 30 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 52 |
| Burns and scalds | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Eczema | 9 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Impetigo | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| Scabies | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Dermatitis | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Septic spots | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Ringworm | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ingrowing toenail | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Cellulitis | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Sinusitis | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Ulceration | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| Urticaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Papilloma | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Whitlow | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 167 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | - | 19 | 44 | 37 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||||
| Spine | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Meningitis | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Knee | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Glands | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Peritonitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Miliary | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Ileo canal | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 15 | |||||||||