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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 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Visits:-

Visits:-

January11,349
February .Croydon & New Addington10,899
March12.144
AprilCroydon, New Addington & Purley13,732
May13,702
June12,405
July12,966
August12,757
September12,784
October13,557
November13,607
December13,355
Total153,257

Table: REHABILITATION OF ELDERLY PERSONS

REHABILITATION OF ELDERLY PERSONS

Patients visited by Rehabilitation Nurse, 1965;-
Female52
Male18
70
Admitted to hospital6
Rehabilitated35
No Success3
Died6
Remaining on books20
70
Ages:
30 - 39 years2
40 - 49 years2
50 - 59 years3
60 - 69 years17
70 - 79 years20
80 - 89 years22
90 - 95 years4
70
Illnesses:-
Hemiplegia26
Arthritis, Rheumatism and Fibrositis25
Fracture lower limb4
Other conditions (Parkinson's
Disease, Carcinoma, Cardiac,
and Disseminated Sclerosis)15
70"