Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
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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 |