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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 | ||
| Endocarditis | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Auricular fibrillation | - | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Myocarditis | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Mitral stenosis | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Carditis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Congestive heart failure | - | 19 | 2 | 49 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Congenital heart disease | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tachycardia | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Angina | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Rheumatic Carditis | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Heart failure | - | 10 | 3 | 50 | - | - | - | - | 63 |
| 362 | |||||||||
| Constitutional. | |||||||||
| Diabetes Mellitus | - | 33 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| Nutritional disorder | 18 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Marasmus | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Malnutrition | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Rickets | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cachexia | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Diabetic coma | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 84 | |||||||||
| Eye. | |||||||||
| Conjunctivitis | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Cataract | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7 | |||||||||
| Ear, Nose and Throat. | |||||||||
| Enlarged T's. and A's. | 23 | 2 | - | - | 1080 | - | - | - | 1105 |
| Quinsy | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Otitis Media | 43 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 57 |
| Mastoiditis | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | 9 |