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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 | ||
| Urticaria | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Herpes zoster | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Sycosis barbae | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Naevus on chest | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| Sinuses in operation scars | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 154 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous. | |||||||||
| Collapse | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Teething | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Admitted with mother | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 |
| No abnormality detected | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 |
| 90 | |||||||||
| Violence. | |||||||||
| Bruises | — | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | — | — | 24 |
| Dislocations | _ | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| Wounds | — | — | — | — | 44 | 2 | — | 1 | 47 |
| Fractured Limbs | — | — | — | — | 89 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 142 |
| Fractured clavicle | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Fractured patella | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Fractured skull | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 |
| Fractured ribs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Concussion | — | — | — | — | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Minor injuries | — | — | — | — | 57 | 2 | 1 | — | 60 |
| Sprains | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |