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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Medical | Surgical | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnoses. | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | unrelieved | Died. | Total | |
| Cured | |||||||||
| Alimentary. | |||||||||
| Appendicitis. | 195 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 219 | ||||
| Gastric Ulcer | 8 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 58 | |
| Duodenal Ulcer | 6 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 38 | ||
| Dyspepsia | 12 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
| Cholelithiasis | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Intestinal Obstruction | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| Colitis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Hernia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 75 | ||
| Ischio-rectal Abcess | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Constipation | 27 | 10 | 37 | ||||||
| Haemorrhoids | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Cholecystitis | 6 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 35 | |||
| Gastro enteritis | 34 | 3 | 11 | 48 | |||||
| Gastritis | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||||||
| Alveolar abscess | 8 | 3 | 11 | ||||||
| Cirrhosis of live | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Intestinal Colic | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Intussusception | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Prolapse Rectum | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Fistula in Ano | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Swallowed F.B. | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Peptic Ulcer | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Appendicular colic | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Peritonitis | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Adhesions | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Stomatitis | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| Peritonsillar abscess | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Appendicular abscess | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||||
| j?ori-anal abscess | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Gastroptosis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pancreatitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hirschsprung's disease | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pyloric Stenosis | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Pelvic Abscess | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Anorexia | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Abdominal Tumour | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Anal Fissure | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Abdominal Allergy | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Spastic sphincter | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Abdominal Abscess | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Prolapsed Anus | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Intestinal stasis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Post Operative Haem | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Malaena | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cholangitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Diverticulitis | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| 671. | |||||||||
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