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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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Table III
| Diagnoses In Case Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Alimentary. | |||||||||
| Appendicitis | - | - | - | 180 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 219 | |
| Appendicular Colic | 8 | - | - | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Appendicular Abscess | - | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||||
| Gastric ulcer | 8 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 55 |
| Duodenal ulcer | 6 | 38 | - | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 72 | |
| Anastomatic ulcer | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dyspepsia | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Cholelithiasis | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | 13 | |||
| Colitis | 1 | 3 | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | |
| Intestinal obstruction | 7 | 14 | _ | 8 | - | - | - | - | 29 |
| Ischio-rectal abscess | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Constipation | 36 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 63 |
| Hernia | - | - | 84 | 57 | 3 | 6 | 150 | ||
| Haemorrhoids | - | - | 18 | 3 | 1 | - | 22 | ||
| Cholecystitis | - | - | 9 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| Gastro enteritis | 14 | 12 | - | 6 | - | - | 32 | ||
| Gastritis | 14 | 14 | 2 | - | - | 30 | |||
| Alveolar abscess | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
| Intestinal colic | 4 | 13 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 21 | ||
| Catarrhal jaundice | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Prolapse Rectum | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | ||||
| Pyloric stenosis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | - | - | |||||
| Nervous Dysphagia | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||
| Cyclic vomiting | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Peptic Ulcer | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | ||
| Peritonitis | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Adhesions | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |