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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table III
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Alimentary. | |||||||||
| Appendicitis | 141 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 184 | ||||
| Gastric ulcer | 6 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| Duodenal ulcer | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 43 |
| Anastomatic ulcer | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dyspepsia | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Cholelithiasis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Colitis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | |
| Intestinal obstruction | - | 5 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 35 | |||
| Ischio-rectal abscess | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||
| Constipation | 9 | 27 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 42 |
| Hernia | - | 54 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 121 | |||
| Haemorrhoids | - | 10 | 3 | 13 | |||||
| Cholecystitis | - | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | |||
| Gastro enteritis | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | - | 23 | |||
| Gastritis | 6 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| Intestinal colic | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 9 | |
| Catarrhal jaundice | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 12 | ||
| Prolapse of Rectum | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Pyloric stenosis | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Intestinal Haemorrhage | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Nervous Dysphagia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | ||||
| Appendicular Colic | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | ||
| Peritonitis | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 28 | |||
| Stomatitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pelvic Abscess | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | |||||
| Jaundice | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||