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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: SPECIAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRE.Number of Children who have attended for the following diseases at the request of the Education Committee's officers or of teachers or parents :—

SPECIAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRE.

Number of Children who have attended for the following diseases at the request of the Education Committee's officers or of teachers or parents :—

Diseases of Lungs65
,, Heart19
,, Ear, Throat and Nose132
,, Skin (Scabies 107)238
Ringworm—
Scalp168
Body44
212
* Mentally Defective Children4
Diseases of Nervous System11
Spinal Trouble6
Eye Diseases or Defects7
Glands55
Rheumatism22
Debility18
Anaemia11
Various266
Infectious Diseases1 Measles
2 Chicken Pox11
8 Mumps
1077

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* This is exclusive of children examined in accordance with the
requirements of the Mental Deficiency Act.