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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 | ||
| Congenital idiocy | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Dipsomania | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dementia | — | 8 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| G.P.I. | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Mongolism | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| M.D. | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 272 | |||||||||
| Nervous. | |||||||||
| Chorea | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Hemiplegia | — | 23 | 2 | 13 | — | — | 38 | ||
| Neurasthenia | — | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | 18 | ||
| Neurosis | 1 | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | 21 | ||
| Neuritis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Cerebral thrombosis | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 8 | |
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Cerebral tumour | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Neuralgia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Disseminated sclerosis | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Paralysis agitans | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Post encephalitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | |
| Tabo paresis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Hysteria | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
| Spinal paraplegia | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Spina bifida | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Cerebral arterio sclerosis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tabes dorsalis | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage | — | 18 | 1 | 43 | — | — | — | — | 62 |
| Sciatica | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Muscular dystrophy | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | l |