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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 | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 2 | 43 | 42 | 46 | - | - | - | - | 133 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | |||||||||
| Spine | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Meninges | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | |
| Pericardium | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Glands | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Hip | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Kidney | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | |
| Miliary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Testes | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Suprarenal Glands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | |||||||||
| Venereal. | |||||||||
| Gonorrhoea | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Syphilis | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 13 | |||||||||
| Violence. | • | ||||||||
| Fractured Limbs | — | — | — | — | 72 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 131 |
| Fractured Spine | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 6 |
| Fratured Skull | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 11 |
| Fractured Ribs | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 11 |
| Fractured Clavicle | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Malleoli (fractured) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 |