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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 | ||
| Hyperthyroidism | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Axillary Abscess | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | 10 | |
| Mesenteric glands. (calcified) | — | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 43 | |||||||||
| Infectious. | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | — | — | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Influenza | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Mumps | — | — | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Tetanus | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Ringworm | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | |||||
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Measles | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Whooping cough | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| 47 | |||||||||
| Mental. | |||||||||
| Certified | — | — | 102 | — | — | — | 102 | ||
| Epilepsy | — | 11 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 20 | ||
| Mental Defective | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Mental Uncertified | 4 | 72 | 29 | 8 | — | — | — | 113 | |
| 243 | |||||||||