Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
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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 |