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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 | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Die d | Total |
| Skin (Cont) | |||||||||
| Haematoma | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pemphigus | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Urticaria | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 166. | |||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 38 | 51 | 40 | 129 | |||||
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | |||||||||
| Spine | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Meninges | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Pericardium | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Hip | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Kidney | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Fallopian tubes | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Miliary | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Knee | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Colon | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Epididymo-Orchitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Vesiculitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Keratitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Wrist | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Larynx | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Lupus Vulgaris | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 32 | |||||||||
| Violence. | |||||||||
| Fractured Limbs | 44 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 143 | ||||
| Fractured Spine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Fractured Malleolus | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| Fractured Skull | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| Fractured Ribs | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||||||
| Fractured Clavicle | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Minor Injuries | 26 | 10 | 1 | 37 | |||||
| Sprains | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Contusions and Abrasions | 27 | 9 | 1 | 37 | |||||
| Abdominal Injury | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Concussion | 59 | 21 | 80 | ||||||
| Dislocation | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Laceration, wounds etc., | 17 | 6 | 1 | 24 | |||||
| For removal of plaster | 15 | 7 | 2 | 24 | |||||
| Fractured Jaw | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Gun Shot Wound | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 405. | |||||||||
| Venereal | |||||||||
| Gonorrhoea | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Syphilis | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Misce1laneous. | 1 | ||||||||
| Poisoning | 23 | 3 | 1 | 27 | |||||
| Alcoholism | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Dental Caries | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| N.A.D. (With Mother etc.) | 27 | 41 | 68 | ||||||
| Pyrexia of Unknown Origin | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Hare lip and cleft Palate | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Heat Stroke | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Teething | 2 | — | 2 | ||||||
| Prematurity | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| Insulin Hypoglycaemia | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ulcerated Perineum. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 130 | |||||||||
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