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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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| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Peritonitis | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 7 |
| Stomatitis | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Adhesions | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | 7 |
| Jaundice | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pyioric Ulcer | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Peritonsillar Abscess | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Perineal Abscess | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Pancreatitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Hirschsprungs Disease | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Abdominal actinomycosis ... | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diverticulitis | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Hepatitis | 1 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Intussusception | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Gingivitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Haematemesis of unknown origin | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ileitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Swallowed F. B. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Collapse | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 851 | |||||||||
| Bones, and Joints. | |||||||||
| Arthritis | 1 | 20 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| Fibrositis | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Scheuerman's Disease | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bursitis | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Osteomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Osteo-arthritis | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Acute Rheumatism | 3 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Bow legs | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Effusion into joint | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Coccydynia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |