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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 | Re- Unrelieved lieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | |||
| Venereal. | |||||||||
| Syphilis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Violence. | |||||||||
| Fractured limbs | 5 | 45 | 23 | 10 | 83 | ||||
| Fractured spine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Fractured malleolus | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | - | 12 |
| Fractured skull | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Fractured ribs | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| Fractured clavicle | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Fractured pelvis | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | |||||
| Fractured sacrum | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
| Fractured nasal bones | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Minor injuries | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 | |||||
| Contusions and abrasions | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||||
| Sprain | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 8 | |||
| Bruises | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Dislocation | - | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | |||
| Gun shot wound | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 7 |
| Concussion | 10 | 21 | 1 | 32 | |||||
| Lacerations, wounds, etc. | 9 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 34 | ||||
| 242 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||
| Poisoning | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | ||
| Alcoholism | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dental caries | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| b.b.a | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| nad. | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 |
| Warts ยป | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |