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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 1936
[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 | ||
| Jaundice | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Enteritis | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
| Haemorrhoids | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 13 |
| Fissure in Ano | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Cyst of liver | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Volvulus of sigmoid | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 512 | |||||||||
| Bones, Joints and Muscles. | |||||||||
| Arthritis | 8 | 23 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| Osteoarthritis | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Bursitis | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Acute rheumatism | 22 | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 36 |
| Osteomyelitis | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 6 |
| Synovitis | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Fibrositis | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Lumbago | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pott's disease of spine | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Perthe's disease of hip | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Rigid finger after TenoSynovitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pleurodynia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 105 | |||||||||
| Carcinoma. | |||||||||
| Stomach | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 23 | 32 |
| Cervix Uteri | — | — | — | —_ | — | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Ovary | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |