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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TREATMENT
The Work of the School Clinics
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES
| 1957 | 1956 | Increase or decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 8,165 | 9,614 | - 1,449 |
| Inspection clinic | 605 | 906 | 301 |
| Dental Clinics | 25,274 | 26,963 | - 1,689 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 6,320 | 6,246 | + 74 |
| Enuresis clinic | 746 | 586 | + 160 |
| 41,110 | 44,315 | - 3,205 |
The Minor Ailments clinics
At the Lodge Road Clinic 403 defects involved 2,876 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at Ashburton School 52 defects, 1,361 attendances; at Duppas School 138 defects, 2,662 attendances; at Rockmount School 13 defects, 701 attendances; and at Addington 87 defects, 565 attendances.
| Complaint | 1957 | 1956 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Aver age No. of At ten-dances per case | Cases | At tendances | Average No. of At tendances per case | |
| Ringworm | 2 | 5 | 2. 5 | 1 | 1 | 1. 0 |
| Scabies | 1 | 4 | 4. 0 | - | - | - |
| Impetigo | 17 | 149 | 8.8 | 36 | 229 | 6. 4 |
| Other skin Diseases | 5 | 50 | 10. 0 | 13 | 65 | 5 0 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 14 | 118 | 8. 5 | 45 | 245 | 5. 4 |
| External Eye Disease | 40 | 307 | 7.7 | 55 | 294 | 5. 3 |
| Miscellaneous | 454 | 5.123 | 11.3 | 822 | 5,979 | 7.3 |
| 533 | 5, 756 | 10.8 | 972 | 6,813 | 7.0 | |