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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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venereal. | |||||||||
| Syphilis | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Gonorrhoea | — | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| Violence. | |||||||||
| Bruises | 26 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |||||
| Dislocations | — | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Wounds | — | — | — | — | 19 | 3 | — | 27 | |
| Fractured limbs | — | — | — | — | 76 | 44 | 5 | 18 | 143 |
| Fractured skull | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 10 |
| Fractured jaw | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
| Fractured pelvis | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||
| Concussion | — | — | — | — | 40 | 17 | 57 | ||
| Minor injuries | — | — | — | — | 48 | 25 | 3 | 76 | |
| Sprains | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | 7 |
| Lacerations | — | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | — | 2 | 17 |
| Electric shock | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 381 | |||||||||