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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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104
Tbtal visits
January 13,122
February 11,324
March 11,466
April 10,815
May 11,399
June 11,176
July 11,201
August 11,138
September 10,178
October 10,572
November 10,325
December 10,877
Total 133, 593
rehabilitation of elderly persons
Patients visited by Rehabilitation Nurse, 1961:-
Female 46
Maie 15
61
Admitted to hospital 5
Transferred for General Nursing 3
Recoveries (Rehabilitated) 38
Died 7
Remaining on books 8
Ages:
18 years (Car Accident) 1
30 - 39 years 1
40 - 49 years 1
50 - 59 years 5
60 - 69 years 11
70 - 79 years 18
80 - 89 years 19
90 - 95 years 5
Illnesses:
Hemiplegia 30
Arthritis, Rheumatism & Fibrositis 7
Lower Limb Fracture 8
Other conditions (Parkinson's
Disease, Carcinoma, Cardiac) 16