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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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bones. Joints and Muscles | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Total | |
| Cured | |||||||||
| Arthritis | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |||
| Fibrositis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Rheumatism | 10 | 20 | 1 | 31 | |||||
| Bursitis | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Sacro-iliac strain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Pleurodynia | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Lambago | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Synovitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Osteo-myelitis | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | |||||
| Periostitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Osteo-arthritis | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Coxitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Myositis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Schmorl's disease | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Fragolitas Ossium | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Perthes' Disease | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 109 | |||||||||
| Carcinoma | |||||||||
| Breast | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||||
| Stomach | 5 | 4 | 28 | 37 | |||||
| Rectum | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| Corvix Uteri | 7 | 12 | 10 | 29 | |||||
| Ovary | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| Prostate | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1C | |||||
| Tongue and Mouth | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Glands | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Anus | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Larynx | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Oesophagus | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Cheek | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Colon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| Gall bladder | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Lang | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Bronchus | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| Liver | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Pancreas | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Caecum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Pinna | 1 | ||||||||
| Maxillary Antrum | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Epithelioma of nose | etc | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Rodent ulcer | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Scrotum | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Intestine | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Care inomatosis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Kidney | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Jaw | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Penis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Vulva | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Sarcoma of Skull | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| " " " Humerus | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| " " " Fibroid uterus | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| " " " Brain | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Blood and Blood Vessels | |||||||||
| Anaemia | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| pernicious Anaemia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Epistaxis | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Phlebitis | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Varicose Veins | 11 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
| Leukemia | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Aneurysm | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Gangrene | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
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