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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 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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ACTION TAKEN TO PREVENT SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
TABLE E. xv.
6,863 notices of illness (including duplicate notices) were received
from School Teachers or Attendance Officers during 1918. 7,643
notices of illness were despatched to the respective schools by the Public Health Department.

Table: These notices dealt with, amongst others, 4,664 school children actually suffering from the infectious diseases mentioned in the Table:—

These notices dealt with, amongst others, 4,664 school children actually suffering from the infectious diseases mentioned in the Table:—

Illness.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
Scarlet Fever49633490236
Diphtheria3115152081
Measles129205153352
Mumps30073489481171
Whooping Cough544137103694
Chicken-pox841513528298
Sore Throat58331314118
Ringworm (Scalp)5248928137
„ (body)311681166
Impetigo19117370143577
Scabies87752781270
Infectious Eye Disease2232181688
Other diseases15113049246576
Totals172918123927314664

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The table records only the number of actual sufferers from the
infectious diseases therein mentioned, as it is thought that this
information is of more practical use than a detailed record of the
number of notices sent.
WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS.
The duties of the lady health visitors in connection with school
medical services have mainly been attendance at the medical
inspections, the visitation of children who were absent from school
because of suspected infectious disease, and for the following up of
cases of defect discovered at inspections. Each district health visitor
carries out all the school nurses work in her own area. Certain of the
health visitors spend part of their time at the dental, eye, X-rays, and
minor ailments clinics. The work of the health visitors is set out in
detail in the following table, with the exception of the clinic work.