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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TREATMENT.
The Work of the School Clinics.

Table: SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES

SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES

19501949Increase or Decrease
Minor Ailments Clinic1073618162-7426
Inspection Clinic35734625-1052
Dental Clinics2043418620+1814
Orthopaedic Clinic512461+51
Remedial Exercises Clinic111548606+2548
Nose and Throat Clinic18852350-465
Rheumatism Clinic148129+19
Verruca Clinic2867-
5130952953

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The Minor Ailments Clinics.

Table: At the Lodge Road Clinic 1,634 defects involved 8,015 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at 206, Selhurst Road on five days weekly, 298 defects, 1,721 attendances; at the Duppas School 646 defects, 3,765 attendances; and at Rockmount School 45 defects, 102 attendances.

At the Lodge Road Clinic 1,634 defects involved 8,015 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at 206, Selhurst Road on five days weekly, 298 defects, 1,721 attendances; at the Duppas School 646 defects, 3,765 attendances; and at Rockmount School 45 defects, 102 attendances.

Complaint19501949
CasesAttendancesAverage No. of Attendances per caseCasesAttendancesAverage No. of Attendances per case
Ringworm16805.0332046.2
Scabies14372.628963.4
Impetigo3740811.0775597.3
Other Skin Diseases842983.5804946.2
Otorrhoea and other Ear defects22512545.625314435.7
External Eye Disease2157763.626411644.4
Miscellaneous2032107505.32119142026.7
2623136035.22854181626.4

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Adenoids and Enlarged Tonsils.
During 1950, 585 children were operated upon for adenoids
and enlarged tonsils, and 1.885 attendances were made at the
Throat Clinic.
Operations were suspended during the months of high incidence
of poliomyelitis.