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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 | ||
| Peritonei | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Cervix uteri | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Testis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Sarcoma | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Spine | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Thyroid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Glands | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pelvi rectal junction | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Ileo-caecal junction | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rodent ulcer | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Common bile duct | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| - | 236 | ||||||||
| Circulatory (Blood). | - | ||||||||
| Anemia | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Septicaemia | 1 | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Hyperpiesia | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Pernicious Anaemia | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Thrombosis | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Phlebitis | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Gangrene | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Varicose veins | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 |
| Leukaemia | - | 1 | - | 1 | -" | - | - | - | 2 |
| Epistaxis | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Malaria | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| 85 | |||||||||
| Circulatory (Heart) | |||||||||
| Myocardial Degen: | - | 9 | 8 | 85 | - | - | - | - | 102 |
| Hypertension | - | 31 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 42 |
| Aortic incompetence | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Arterio sclerosis | - | 9 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| Aortic stenosis | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |