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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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| Dianoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unlieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unlieved | Died | ||
| P. Mental. | |||||||||
| Epilepsy | 13 | 12 | 2 | 27 | |||||
| Petit Mai | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Mental Deficients | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | |||||
| Loss of Memory | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cerebral Tumour | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Certified and sent to Mental Hospital | — | — | 142 | 1 | — | — | — | 143 | |
| Cases not Certified | 3 | 81 | 20 | 4 | 108 | ||||
| Senile Decay | 32 | 13 | 60 | 105 | |||||
| Totals Group P. | 4 | 134 | 198 | 68 | 404 | ||||
| 0. Maternity | 448 | 2 | 450 | ||||||
| Births | — | 385 | 23 | 408 | |||||
| Total Group O. | — | 833 | 25 | 858 | |||||
| Totals of all Cases Treated | 559 | 581 | 315 | 546 | 1639 | 239 | 53 | 168 | 4100 |
The total death rate of the Hospital during the year was 174 per 1,000 i.e. one
patient out of every 5.8 patients adnvtted died.