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Croydon 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRE
AND
SPINAL REMEDIAL WORK.
TREATMENT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Total number of new cases 1077
Total number of attendances 5555
The Centre is as heretofore open daily for the treatment of minor
ailments. One of the medical staff is present on two mornings each
week and a nurse every morning to carry out the treatment advised.
In the school year the new cases averaged 26.9 per week.
RINGWORM.
Ringworm in school children has been treated at the School
Treatment Centre, and also by Dr. Critchley when X-ray treatment
was advised and accepted.
TABLE E. XIII.
| Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total No. of children treated | Scalp | 168 | |
| Body | 105 | 273 | |
| No. of attendances | Scalp | 998 | |
| Body | 105 | 1013 | |
| No. of cases X-rayed | 98 | ||
| Total attendances for X-ray treatment | 196 | ||
| No. of cases treated by Drugs | Scalp | 70 | |
| Body | 44 | 114 | |
| No. of children freed | Scalp | 133 | |
| Body | 40 | 173 | |
| Outstanding cases on January 1st, 1917 | Scalp | 35 | |
| Body | 4 | 39 |
SPINAL REMEDIAL CLASS.
Children treated during year : 58 girls.
Discharged, j 2 (not requiring further treatment).
Discharged, 6 (not advisable to continue).
Discharged, 3 (owing to irregular attendance).
Left school, 8.
Left district, 3.
Still attending class, 26.
Total attendances during year, 1747.