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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Condition. | In on 1st Jan. 1945 | Admitted or transferred. | Discharged. | I.S.Q. | Died. | In on 1st Jan. 1946 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrested. | Quiescent. | Improved. | ||||||
| Infantile Paralysis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Tubercular joint Disease | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 12 |
| Hip Disease | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Hemiplgeia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Genu Valgum | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Pes Planus | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| Talipes | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Rickets | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other Deformities | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Spastic Paraplegia | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Scoliosis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Osteomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 19 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | - | 18 | |
The percentage of arrested cases was 9.37 per cent.; quiescent
rases 6.25 per cent.; and 62.5 per cent. were "improved."