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 | ||
Measles | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Chicken pox | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |||
Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
Infective enteritis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Tetanus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Rubella | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Paratyphoid | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
49 | |||||||||
Maternity. | |||||||||
Pyelitis of pregnancy | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | - | 24 |
False labour pains | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | - | - | 39 |
Ectopic gestation | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
P.P.H. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
A.P.H. | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
R.B.P. | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | ||
Toxaemia of pregnancy | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | - | 23 | |
Vomiting of pregnancy | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | ||
A.N. Observation | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | - | 38 | |
A.N. rest | - | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | 19 | |
Hyperemesis | - | - | 6 | 6 | |||||
Termination of pregnancy | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 7 |
Ruptured tubal pregnancy | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||
Icterus neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||
Mothers | - | - | - | 1316 | 1316 | ||||
Babies | - | - | - | - | 1224 | 44 | 1268 | ||
2787 | |||||||||
Mental. | |||||||||
Uncertified | 14 | 183 | - | 197 | |||||
Certified | - | 21 | - | - | 21 | ||||
Mental Deficiency | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |||
Epilepsy | - | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 17 | |
Hysteria | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |