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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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| Diagnoes in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salpingo-oophritis | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | |||||
| Retroversion | — | 3 | — | - | 3 | ||||
| Trichinomosis | — | 1 | - | 1 | |||||
| Uteric prolapse | — | 6 | — | - | 6 | ||||
| Leucorrhoea | 2 | 2 | — | - | 4 | ||||
| For Sterilization | — | 5 | 3 | — | - | 8 | |||
| Retained Products | — | 10 | — | - | 10 | ||||
| 337 | |||||||||
| Infections. | |||||||||
| Influenza | 27 | 4 | 4 | — | — | - | 35 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | 2 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||
| Measles | — | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Mumps | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | — | - | 3 | ||||
| Typhoid | 14 | 6 | 5 | 18 | — | - | 43 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | I | 3 | — | - | 4 | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | 4 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Chickenpox | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
| 110 | |||||||||
| Maternity. | |||||||||
| Deliveries | — | 945 | — | 7 | 952 | ||||
| Live Births | 900 | — | — | 24 | 924 | ||||
| Delivered before Admission | — | 13 | — | — | 13 | ||||