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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 | ||
| Aortic regurgitation | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Coronary atheroma | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Syncope | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 347 | |||||||||
| Constitutional. | |||||||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 3 | 15 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 35 |
| Collapse | 4 | 7 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Nutritional disorders | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 34 |
| Marasmus | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| Rickets | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Debility | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Fat intolerance | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Gout | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Asthma | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 146 | |||||||||
| Ear, Nose and Throat. | |||||||||
| Otitis Media | — | — | — | — | 34 | 8 | 1 | — | 43 |
| Mastoiditis | — | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | — | 1 | 25 |
| Sinusitis | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| Quinsy | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 8 |
| Tonsillitis | — | — | — | — | 172 | 10 | 4 | — | 186 |
| Deflected Nasal Septum | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Laryngeal spasm | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Naso-Pharangeal Catarrh | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Tracheitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Perforation of Ear Drum | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Rhinitis | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 285 | |||||||||