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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Defects. | School. | M.C.W. | Tuberculosis. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Attend | Cases. | Attend | Cases. | Attend | Cases. | Attend | |
| ances. | ances. | ances. | ances. | |||||
| Infantile Paralysis | 3 | 23 | 3 | 4 | _ | _ | 6 | 27 |
| Curvature or Postural Defects | 22 | 34 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 36 |
| Pes Cavus | 8 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 17 |
| Pes Planus | 11 | 182 | 17 | 18 | — | - | 128 | 2C0 |
| Genu Valgum | 33 | 36 | 49 | 83 | — | — | 82 | 119 |
| Talipes | 7 | 9 | 33 | 95 | — | — | 40 | 104 |
| Obstetrical Paralysis | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 4 | 6 |
| Joint Diseases | 14 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 11a 4s 1m | 39a 13s 1m | 31 | 84 |
| Injuries | 13 | 27 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 23 |
| Rickets | 3 | 3 | — | — | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Wry Neck | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | — | — | 7 | 15 |
| Spastic Paraplegia | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 12 |
| Congenital dislocation of the Hip | 11 | 19 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 14 | 22 |
| Other deformities | 47 | 58 | 56 | 74 | — | — | 103 | 132 |
| 280 | 452 | 173 | 300 | 16 | 53 | 469 | 805 | |
a—Adults; s—School Child; m—Pre-School.
Summarised, the table shows 280 school children attended
and made 452 attendances. 173 babies made 300 attendances, and
16 tuberculosis cases made 53 attendances A total of 469 cases
made 805 attendances.