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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Condition. | In on 1st Jan. 1943 | Admitted or transferred. | Discharged. | I.S.Q. | Died. | In on 1st Jan. 1944 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrested. | Quiescent. | Improved. | ||||||
| Infantile Paralysis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tubercular Joint Disease | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | 10 |
| Hemiplgeia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Genu Valgum | — | 8 | — | —— | 8 | — | — | —— |
| Pes Planus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— |
| Talipes | 1 | 3 | — | —— | 4 | — | — | — |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Deformities | — | 5 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Spastic Paraplegia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scoliosis | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Osteomyelitis | 1 | —— | —— | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Congenital Disease of Hip | — | 3 | — | —— | 1 | — | —— | 2 |
| 13 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4 | — | 15 | |
The percentage of arrested cases was 4.1 per cent.; quiescent
cases was 10.4 per cent.; and 46 per cent, were improved.