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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 | ||
| With Mother | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Hare lip | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 | |||
| Prematurity | 8 | - | 19 | - | 27 | ||||
| Foreign body | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Extraction of tooth | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Amputations | - | - | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 143 | |||||||||
TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM MAYDAY HOSPITAL
YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1944.
Cured 4,076
Relieved 1,185
Unrelieved 869
Died 829
6,959
TOTAL NUMBER OF OUT-PATIENTS TREATED AT MAYDAY HOSPITAL
DURING THE YEAR 8,124
OPERATIONS PERFORMED AT MAYDAY HOSPITAL DURING 1944
ABDOMINAL.
Appendicectomy 158
Appendix abscess drained
Sigmoidoscopy
Herniotomy 93
Cholecystectomy 21
Laparotomy 45
Gastro-enterostomy 1
Colostomy 14
Perforated gastric ulcer 24
Injection of haemorrhoids 1
Haemorrhoidectomy 11
Perforated duodenal ulcer 5
Gastroscopy 6
Undescended testicle 3
For hydrocele 3
Gastrectomy 2
Rammstedt's operation 8
Resection of gut 4
Splenectomy 1
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