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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| 1952 | Av. att. | 1951. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendances. | Sessions. | Attendances. | Sessions. | Av. att. | ||
| Spinal | 5,910 | 1,166 | 5.1 | 5,527 | 976 | 5.7 |
| Flat Feet | 3,345 | 600 | 5.6 | 3,684 | 585 | 6.3 |
| Breathing | 2,307 | 444 | 5.2 | 1,913 | 369 | 5.2 |
| 11,562 | 2,210 | 11,124 | 1,930 | |||
418 individual cases were treated and 1,117 attendances were
made to see doctor.
RHEUMATISM CLINIC.
The total number of children whose names were on th<
"live" register at the end of 1952 was 53 (males 22, females 31),
Of this number, 50 attended the Rheumatism Clinic during the
course of the year, either as new cases or re-examinations; th<
remaining: 3 failed to keep their appointments.
| 1948. | 1949. | 1950. | 1951. | 1952 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 31 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 4 |
| Re-exams. | 27 | 76 | 84 | 53 | 46 |
| Totals | 58 | 113 | 108 | 75 | 50 |
| Rheumatic | 22 | 30 | 17 | 19 | 4 |
| Non-Rheumatic | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Doubtful Rheumatic | 5 | 4 | — | — | |
| Totals | 31 | 37 | 24 | 4 |