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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
Glands | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | |
Kidney | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Peritoneum | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | ||||
Miliary | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Abdominal | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Spine | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Sacro iliac joint | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Knee | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
26 | |||||||||
Venereal. | |||||||||
Gonorrhoea | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Syphilis | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
7 | |||||||||
Violence. | |||||||||
Fractured limbs | - | - | 5 | 103 | 15 | 21 | 144 | ||
Fractured spine | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||
Fractured malleolus | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
Fractured skull | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Fractured ribs | - | 4 | 5 | - | 9 | ||||
Fractured clavicle | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
Fractured pelvis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Fractured sacrum | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
Fractured nasal bones | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Fractured lumber transverse process | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Minor injuries | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 7 | |
Contusions and abrasions | - | - | - | - | 10 | 16 | 1 | - | 27 |
Sprain | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
Bruises | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 5 |
Dislocation | - | 3 | 9 | 2 | 14 | ||||
Gun shot wound | - | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 31 |