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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 | ||
| Empyema | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Pulmonary congestion | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Spontaneous Pneumothorax | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Neoplasm of lung | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Fibrosis of lungs | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Pulmonary embolism | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 495 | |||||||||
| Senility | - | - | 35 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 41 |
| Skin. | |||||||||
| Boils, abscess and carbuncles, etc. | 45 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 79 |
| Burns and scalds | - | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| Eczema | 8 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| Impetigo | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| Scabies | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Dermatitis | 7 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| Septic spots | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Ingrowing toenail | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cellulitis | - | - | - | 8 | 11 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Ulceration | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||
| Urticaria | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Papilloma | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Whitlow | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||
| Psoriasis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Herpes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 212 | |||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | - | 51 | 35 | 21 | - | - | - | 107 | |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Meninges | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Hip | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |