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 | ||
| Tabes dorsalis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Glioma | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Parkinson's disease | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Cerebral arterio sclerosis | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Cerebral tumour | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paraplegia | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Cerebral abscess | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Subarachnoid haemorrhage | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Paralysis | - | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Migraine | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral degen | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 208 | |||||||||
| Respiratory. | |||||||||
| Bronchitis | 33 | 67 | 11 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 127 |
| Pneumonia | 108 | 23 | 7 | 54 | - | - | - | - | 192 |
| Pleural effusion | - | 8 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| Bronchial Catarrh | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bronchiectasis | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Pleurisy | 11 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| Asthma | 5 | 28 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 43 |
| Empyema | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Pulmonary congestion | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Spontaneous Pneumothorarax | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Asphyxia | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Fibrosis of lungs | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tumour of lung | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 1 | - | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 442 | |||||||||