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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 | ||
| Maternity Cases | — | — | — | — | 366 | — | — | 2 | 368 |
| Maternity Cases not included in the above: | |||||||||
| Contracted pelvis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | |
| Ante partum haem. | — | — | — | — | 2 | i | — | — | 3 |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Induction of labour | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal sepsis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| For investigation only | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Births | — | — | — | — | 323 | — | — | 12 | 335 |
| Babies admitted "With mother" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 |
| Patients in whom nothing abnormal was found | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 |
| Mental. | |||||||||
| Certified cases sent on to Mental Hospital | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | 89 |
| Cases sent in for observation and not certified | 2 | 68 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 71 |
| Mental deficients | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Imbeciles | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Epileptics | — | 20 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
PERIOD FROM 1/4/1932 UNTIL 31/12/1932.
Result of Treatment :
Cured 1617
Relieved 528
Unrelieved 252
Died 399
2796
Number of patients treated by the Eye Specialist 67
(This does not include eye conditions treated by the resident medical staff.)