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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Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total. | ||||||
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Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
Empyema | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Pulmonary congestion | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
Spontaneous Pneumothorax | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Neoplasm of lung | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Fibrosis of lungs | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Pulmonary embolism | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
495 | |||||||||
Senility | - | - | 35 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 41 |
Skin. | |||||||||
Boils, abscess and carbuncles, etc. | 45 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 79 |
Burns and scalds | - | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
Eczema | 8 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
Impetigo | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
Scabies | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
Dermatitis | 7 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
Septic spots | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Ingrowing toenail | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||
Cellulitis | - | - | - | 8 | 11 | 1 | 20 | ||
Ulceration | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||
Urticaria | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Papilloma | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Whitlow | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||
Psoriasis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Herpes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
212 | |||||||||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | - | 51 | 35 | 21 | - | - | - | 107 | |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Meninges | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Hip | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |