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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 1932
[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 | ||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||
| Exophthalmic goitre | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| Adenitis | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Concussion | — | — | 28 | 5 | — | 1 | 34 | ||
| Ruptured quadriceps | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wounds (accidents) | — | — | — | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | |
| F.B. in oesophagus | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| ,, ,, arms | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| ,, ,, leg | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| Alcoholism | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | ||
| Poisoning by gas, etc. | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Gonorrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Syphilis | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Senility | 23 | 19 | — | — | — | — | 42 | ||
| Cancer. | |||||||||
| Carcinoma ventriculi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| ,, L. parotid gland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| ,, Neck | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| ,, Rectum | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 |
| ,, Uterus | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| ,, Tongue | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| ,, Larynx | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| ,, Stomach | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| ,, Colon | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 |
| ,, Cervix | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| ,, Pancreas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| ,, Prostate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| ,, Liver | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| ,, Bladder | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| ,, Splenic flexure | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | |||