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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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| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Myositis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Rheumatism | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Hallux Valgus | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Muscular Rheumatism | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Osteitis | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Talipes | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Torticollis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Flat foot | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tenotomy | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | |
| Coccydynia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Osteitis deformans | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Muscular dystrophy | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Exostosis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Carcinoma. | 163 | ||||||||
| Breast | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| Rectum | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| Stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| Cervix | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Ovary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Uterus | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| Prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Colon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| Tongue and Mouth | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Larynx | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Oesophagus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bladder | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Pancreas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 |
| Lung | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| Epithelioma | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||