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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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GROUP 4.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
| (a) Number Treated as in-patients | 11 | |
| By the Authority. | Otherwise. | |
| (ft) Number treated otherwise, e.g., in clinics or outpatients departments | 257 | 337 |
| GROUP 5.—CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT. | ||
| Number of cases treated. | ||
| In the Authority's Child Guidance Clinics. | Elsewhere | |
| Number of pupils treated at Child Guidance Clinics | — | 74 |
| GROUP 6.—SPEECH THERAPY. | ||
| Number of pupils treated by Speech Therapists | Number of cases treated. | |
| By the Authority. Otherwise. | ||
| 142 | ||
| GROUP 7.—OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN. | ||
| Number of cases treated. | ||
| By the Authority. | Otherwise. | |
| (a) Miscellaneous minor ailments | 1662 | — |
| (b Other (specify) | ||
| 1. Orthoptic | — | 132 |
| 2. Sunlight | — | 46 |
| 3. Verruca | 370 | — |
| Total | 2032 | 178 |