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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 1937
[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 | ||
| Malignant Disease Conjunctiva | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Lympho Sarcoma | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 215 | |||||||||
| Circulatory (Blood). | |||||||||
| Anaemia | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Septicaemia | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pyaemia | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Leukemia | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 24 | |||||||||
| Circulatory (Heart and Vessels). | |||||||||
| Varicose Veins | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Hyperpiesia | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| Epistaxis | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Phlebitis | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Haemorrhage following dental extraction | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Lymphangitis | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Myocardial degeneration | — | 10 | — | 119 | — | — | — | — | 129 |
| Arterio sclerosis | — | 17 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 29 |
| Endocarditis | — | 22 | 5 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 42 |
| Tachycardia | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Aortic stenosis | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Myocarditis | — | 17 | 4 | 27 | — | — | — | — | 48 |
| Auricular fibrillation | — | 13 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Coronary thrombosis | — | 1 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Mitral stenosis | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pericarditis | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |