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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TREATMENT.
The Work of the School Clinics.
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES
| 1953 | 1952 | Increase or Decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 11151 | 13545 | —2394 |
| Inspection Clinic | 2391 | 2837 | — 446 |
| Dental Clinics | 26633 | 24096 | + 2537 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 7388 | 11980 | —4592 |
| Rheumatism Clinic | 102 | Closed | |
| 47563 | 52560 | —4997 |
The Minor Ailments Clinics.
At the Lodge Road Clinic 1,147 defects involved 4,498 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at Ashburton School 257 defects, 1,827 attendances; at Duppas School 383 defects, 2,643 attendances; at Rockmount School 169 defects, 1,473 attendances; and at Wolsey School 115 defects, 710 attendances.
| Complaint | 1953 | 1952 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | |
| Ringworm | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 7 | 30 | 4.3 |
| Scabies | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | 2.5 |
| Impetigo | 26 | 148 | 5.7 | 24 | 111 | 4.6 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 40 | 131 | 3.3 | 46 | 168 | 3.7 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 116 | 428 | 3.7 | 175 | 828 | 4.7 |
| External Eye Disease | 211 | 653 | 3.1 | 259 | 891 | 3.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 1669 | 9767 | 5.9 | 1716 | 8203 | 4.8 |
| 2074 | 11151 | 5.4 | 2231 | 10241 | 4.6 | |