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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 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pinks disease | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Intracranial tumour | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Spinal tumour | - | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 216 | |||||||||
| Respiratory. | |||||||||
| Bronchitis | 9 | 76 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 92 |
| Pneumonia | 32 | 183 | 1 | 58 | - | - | - | - | 274 |
| Pleural effusion | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Bronchial Catarrh | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Bronchiectasis | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Atelectasis | - | - | - | I | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pleurisy | - | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Emphysema | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Asthma | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 |
| Empyema | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Pulmonary congestion | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Spontaneous Pneumothorax | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Fibrosis of lungs | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Tumour of lung | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary embolism | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Pyrexia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Asphyxia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 463 | |||||||||
| Senility | - | 8 | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Skin. | |||||||||
| Boils, abscess and carbuncles, etc. | - | - | - | - | 13 | 57 | 1 | - | 71 |
| Burns and scalds | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 3 | 12 |
| Eczema | - | 8 . | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Impetigo | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Scabies | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |