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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TREATMENT
The Work of the School Clinics
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES
| 1956 | 1955 | Increase or decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 9,614 | 9,415 | +199 |
| Inspection Clinic | 906 | 1,018 | -112 |
| Dental Clinics | 26,963 | 23,666 | +3.297 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 6,246 | 2,836 | +3,410 |
| Enuresis Clinic | 586 | 267 | +319 |
| 44,315 | 37,202 | +7,113 |
*Clinic closed from May to October 1955
The Minor Ailments Clinics
At the Lodge Road Clinic 544 defects involved 3,783 attendances,
while at the subsidiary Clinics held at Ashburton School
163 defects, 1,595 attendances; at Duppas School 364 defects,
2,497 attendances; at Rockmount School 37 defects, 1, 180 attendances;
and at Wolsey School 103 defects, 559 attendances.
At the Lodge Road Clinic 544 defects involved 3,783 attendances, while at the subsidaary Clinics held at Asburton School 163 defects, 1,593 attendances; at Duppas School 364 defects, 2,497 attendances: at Rockmount School 37 defects, 1,80 attendences; and at Wolsey School 103 sefects, 559 attendences.
| Complaint | 1956 | 1955 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Atten dances | Average No.of Attendances per case | |
| Ringworm | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Scabies | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Impetigo | 36 | 229 | 6.4 | 30 | 260 | 8.7 |
| other Skin Diseases | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 4 | 29 | 7.2 |
| Diarrhoea and other Ear defects | 45 | 245 | 5.4 | 56 | 301 | 5.4 |
| External Eye Disease | 55 | 294 | 5.3 | 104 | 405 | 3.9 |
| Miscellaneous | 822 | 5,979 | 7.3 | 1,093 | 6,410 | 5.9 |
| 972 | 6,813 | 7.0 | 1,290 | 7,415 | 5.7 | |