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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TREATMENT The Work of the School Clinics
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES
| 1954 | 1953 | Increase or Decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 10581 | 11151 | - 570 |
| Inspection Clinic | 2040 | 2391 | - 351 |
| Dental Clinics | 24833 | 26633 | -1800 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 6515 | 7388 | - 873 |
| 43969 | 47563 | -3594 |
The Minor Ailments Clinics
At the Lodge Road Clinic 1,059 defects involved 4,222 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at Ashburton School 252 defects, 1,768 attendances; at Duppas School 391 defects, 2,735 attendances; at Rockmount School 131 defects, 1,143 attendances; and at Wolsey School 164 defects, 713 attendances.
| Complaint | 1954 | 1953 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | |
| Ringworm | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 12 | 24 | 2.0 |
| Scabies | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Impetigo | 35 | 229 | 6.5 | 26 | 148 | 5.7 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 20 | 53 | 2.7 | 40 | 131 | 3.3 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 108 | 549 | 5.1 | 116 | 428 | 3.7 |
| External Eye Disease | 187 | 556 | 3.0 | 211 | 653 | 3.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 1645 | 10087 | 6. 1 | 1669 | 9767 | 5.9 |
| 1997 | 11481 | 5.8 | 2074 | 11151 | 5.4 | |