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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 1935
[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 | ||
| Ischio-rectal abscess | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| Fistula-in-ano | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Ascites | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pyloric stenosis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Alveolar abscess | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 7 |
| Dental caries | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 3 | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Intestinal colic | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||||||
| Cirrhosis of the liver | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Intussusception | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital enlargement of colon .. | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 529 | |||||||||
| Bones. Arthritis | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 35 | ||||
| Osteo-arthritis | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Sciatica | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Lumbago | 4 | — | 4 | ||||||
| Acute rheumatism | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 34 |
| Right coxa vara | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Congenital talipes | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Gout | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Infective arthritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Osteo-myelitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Fibrositis | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Bursitis | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Periostitis R. Tibia | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pleurodynia | 1 | ||||||||
| Muscular dystrophy | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |