Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table III
Diagnoses In Case Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
Alimentary. | |||||||||
Appendicitis | - | - | - | 180 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 219 | |
Appendicular Colic | 8 | - | - | 2 | 10 | ||||
Appendicular Abscess | - | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||||
Gastric ulcer | 8 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 55 |
Duodenal ulcer | 6 | 38 | - | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 72 | |
Anastomatic ulcer | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Dyspepsia | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | |
Cholelithiasis | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | 13 | |||
Colitis | 1 | 3 | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | |
Intestinal obstruction | 7 | 14 | _ | 8 | - | - | - | - | 29 |
Ischio-rectal abscess | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Constipation | 36 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 63 |
Hernia | - | - | 84 | 57 | 3 | 6 | 150 | ||
Haemorrhoids | - | - | 18 | 3 | 1 | - | 22 | ||
Cholecystitis | - | - | 9 | 14 | 23 | ||||
Gastro enteritis | 14 | 12 | - | 6 | - | - | 32 | ||
Gastritis | 14 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 30 | |||
Alveolar abscess | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
Intestinal colic | 4 | 13 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 21 | ||
Catarrhal jaundice | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Prolapse Rectum | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | ||||
Pyloric stenosis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | - | - | |||||
Nervous Dysphagia | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||
Cyclic vomiting | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Peptic Ulcer | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | ||
Peritonitis | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ||
Adhesions | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |