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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following details, kindly supplied by the Medical Superintendent, Dr. A. Gilrav, refer to patients treated during the year.
Table IV.
| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| A. Alimentary System. | |||||||||
| Colic | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Stomatitis | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Enteritis | 34 | 5 | 1 | 9 | — | 49 | |||
| Hernia | — | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 33 | |||
| Appendicitis | — | — | 146 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 163 | ||
| Peritonitis | — | 3 | — | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Constipation | 14 | 5 | 19 | ||||||
| Fistula in ano | — | — | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Haemorrhoids | — | — | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Gastritis | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 12 | |||
| Intussusception | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| Dyspepsia | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Cholecystitis | — | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 21 | |||
| Intestinal Obstruction | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Pyorrhoea | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | 11 | |
| Colitis | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Jaundice | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | |
| Abdominal Pain (? Cause) | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Hare Lip and Cleft Palate | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Diverticulitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pancreatic cyst | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Abdominal Tumour | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||
| Colelithiasis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Prolapse of Rectum | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
| Ischio-rectal abscess | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | |