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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TREATMENT The Work of the School Clinics
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES
| 1955 | 1954 | Increase or Decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 9,415 | 110,581 | — 1,166 |
| Inspection Clinic | 1,018 | 2,040 | — 1,022 |
| Dental Clinics | 23,666 | 24,833 | — 1,167 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 2,836 | 6,515 | — 3,679 |
| Enuresis Clinic | 267 | — | + 267 |
| 37,202 | 43,969 | — 6,767 |
* Clinic closed from May to October
The Minor Ailments Clinics
At the Lodge Road Clinic 680 defects involved 3,427 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at Ashburton School 350 defects, 1,600 attendances; at Duppas School 164 defects, 2,235 attendances; at Rockmount School 192 defects, 1,562 attendances; and at Wolsey School 150 defects, 591 attendances.
| Complaint | 1955 | 1954 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | |
| Ringworm | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Scabies | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | — | — | — |
| Impetigo | 30 | 260 | 8.7 | 35 | 229 | 6.5 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 20 | 53 | 2.7 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 56 | 301 | 5.4 | 108 | 549 | 5.1 |
| External Eye Disease | 104 | 405 | 3.9 | 187 | 556 | 3.0 |
| Miscel1aneous | 1,093 | 6,410 | 5.9 | 1,645 | 10,087 | 6.1 |
| 1,290 | 7,415 | 5.7 | 1,997 | 11,481 | 5.8 | |