London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 | ||
| Maternity. | |||||||||
| Pyelitis of pregnancy | 19 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| False labour pains | - | 24 | 24 | ||||||
| Ectopic gestation | - | - | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Albuminuria of pregnancy | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| A.P.H | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| R.B.P | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Anaemia of pregnancy | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Vomiting of pregnancy | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| A.N. Observation | - | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| A.N. rest | - | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Hyperemesis | - | . - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
| Termination of pregnancy | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Ruptured tubal pregnancy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 93 | |||||||||
| Mental. | |||||||||
| Uncertified | 14 | 149 | - | - | - | - | - | 163 | |
| Certified | - | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| Mental Deficiency | 13 | 13 | |||||||
| Epilepsy | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | |
| Senile Dementia | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Loss of memory | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Hysteria | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | |
| Depression | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Idiopathic epilepsy | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 262 | |||||||||
| Nervous and Sensory. | |||||||||
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 9 | 5 | 54 | - | 68 | ||||
| Meningitis | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 9 | ||
| Chorea | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |