London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Vomiting of pregnancy | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| A.N. Observation | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| A.N. rest | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Termination of pregnancy | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Mothers | - | - | - | - | 1150 | - | - | - | 1150 |
| Babies | - | - | - | - | 1020 | - | - | 36 | 1056 |
| 2270 | |||||||||
| Mental. | |||||||||
| Uncertified | 2 | 10 | 136 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 149 |
| Certified | - | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 35 |
| M.D | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Epilepsy | - | 23 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 34 |
| Senile Dementia | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Loss of memory | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Hysteria | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Depression | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 240 | |||||||||
| Nervous and Sensory. | |||||||||
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 2 | 5 | 4 | 46 | - | - | - | 57 | |
| Meningitis | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Chorea | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Hemiplegia | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | - | - | - | 35 | |
| Neurasthenia | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Neurosis | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | 11 | ||
| Cerebral thrombosis | - | 9 | 4 | 26 | - | - | - | - | 39 |
| Disseminated sclerosis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Paralysis agitans | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Neuritis | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Convulsions | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Cerebral tumour | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | ||