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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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The Minor Ailments Clinics.
At the Lodge Road Clinic, 1,646 defects involved 8,601 attendances, while at
| Complaint. | 194 7 | 1946. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Attendances. | Average No. of Attendances, per case. | Cases. | Attendances. | Average No. of Attendances, per case. | |
| Ringworm | 69 | 576 | 8.3 | 33 | 190 | 5.8 |
| Scabies | 110 | 401 | 3.6 | 191 | 614 | 3.2 |
| Impetigo | 230 | 1418 | 6.2 | 239 | 1331 | 5.6 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 115 | 425 | 3.7 | 148 | 325 | 2.2 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 305 | 1734 | 5.7 | 245 | 1594 | 6.5 |
| External Eye Disease | 339 | 1372 | 4.0 | 262 | 852 | 3.2 |
| Miscellaneous | 2127 | 10123 | 4.8 | 1728 | 8571 | 4.7 |
| 3295 | 16049 | 4.9 | 2846 | 13477 | 4.7 | |
Adenoids and Enlarged Tonsils.
During 1947 135 children were operated upon for adenoids
and enlarged tonsils, and 434 attendances were made at the
Throat Clinic.
| Number of defects dealt with. | Spectacles prescribed. | Spectacles obtained. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Submitted to refraction by private . practitioner or Hospital apart from the Authority's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | |
| Errors of Refraction | 1395 | - | 1395 | 921 | 907 | - | ||
This Clinic showed a decrease upon 1946 in numbers submitted
to refraction. A total of 4,422 attendances was recorded.