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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 1938
[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 | ||
| Infections. | |||||||||
| Influenza | 14 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| Puerperal Fyrexia | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Sonne Dysentery | 1 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Measles | — | — | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 123 | 12 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 140 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis... | — | — | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Chicken Pox | — | 4 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Typhoid Carrier | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Mumps | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| German Measles | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 243 | |||||||||
| Maternity. | |||||||||
| Deliveries | — | — | — | — | 954 | — | — | 2 | 956 |
| Live Births | — | — | — | — | 912 | — | — | 21 | 933 |
| Delivered before admission | — | _ | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 8 |
| For Version | — | — | — | - | 16 | 4 | 6 | — | 26 |
| Pyelitis of Pregnancy | — | — | — | - | 4 | 6 | — | — | 10 |
| Albuminuria of Pregnancy | — | — | — | - | 4 | 9 | — | — | 13 |
| False Labour Pains | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | — | 16 |
| Ante Partum Haemorrhage | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Ectopic Gestation | — | — | — | _ | 5 | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| H.B.P. of Pregnancy | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | 16 |