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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table III
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Alimentary. | |||||||||
| Appendicitis | - | 189 | 17 | 4 | 210 | ||||
| Appendicular Colic | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Appendicular Abscess | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Gastric ulcer | 56 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 81 | ||||
| Duodenal ulcer | 36 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 64 | |||
| Anastomatic ulcer | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Dyspepsia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Cholelithiasis | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | |||||
| Colitis | 12 | - | 2 | 14 | |||||
| Intestinal obstruction | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 26 | ||||
| Ischio-rectal abscess | - | 13 | - | 13 | |||||
| Constipation | 3 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75 |
| Hernia | - | 81 | 39 | 11 | 131 | ||||
| Haemorrhoids | 1 | 21 | - | 22 | |||||
| Cholecystitis | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Gastro enteritis | - | 15 | 14 | 29 | |||||
| Gastritis | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Alveolar abscess | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Intestinal colic | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Catarrhal jaundice | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Prolapse Rectum | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pyloric stenosis | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| Fistula in ano | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 23 | |||
| Tapeworm | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Thread worms | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |