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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 | ||
| Respiratory. | |||||||||
| Pneumonia | 96 | 4 | 85 | 185 | |||||
| Bronchitis | 70 | 59 | 15 | 144 | |||||
| Pleurisy | 11 | 11 | |||||||
| Asthma | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |||||
| Pulmonary embolism | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Bronchiectasis | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Fibroid lung | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Bronchial catarrh | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| Empyema | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| Pleural effusion | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Emphysema | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Congestion of lungs | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 399 | |||||||||
| Senility | 24 | 44 | 32 | — | 100 | ||||
| Skin. | |||||||||
| Dermatitis | 6 | 3 | — | 9 | |||||
| Impetigo | 20 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 25 | |||
| Boils and abscesses | — | 38 | 3 | 1 | 42 | ||||
| Ulceration | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| Burns and scalds | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Eczema | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 8 | ||
| Vaccinia | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||
| Cellulitis | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Whitlow | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| Septic spots | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Seborrhoea corporis | 2 | — | — | 2 | |||||
| Scabies | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Lipoma | 1 | — | l | ||||||
| Carbuncle | — | 6 | 1 | — | 7 | ||||