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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Total visits
January 13,336
February 13,482
March 12,889
April 10,869
May 10,977
June 10,418
July 10,850
August 10,823
September 10, 727
October 11,452
November 11,479
December 12,521
Total 139, 823
REHABILITATION OF ELDERLY PERSONS
Patients visited by Rehabilitation Nurse, 1959:-
Female 46
Male 10
Total 56
Admitted to Hospital 10
Transferred for General Nursing 8
Recoveries (Rehabilitated) 27
Died 3
Remaining on books 8
Ages
40-49 years 1
50-59 years 5
60-69 years 11
70-79 years 24
80-89 years 12
90-94 years 3
Illnesses
Hemiplegia 29
Arthritis 9
Lower Limb Fracture 9
Other Conditions 9