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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| 1958 | 1957 | Increase or decrease | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 7,607 | 8, 165 | -558 |
| Inspection Clinic | 390 | 605 | -215 |
| Dental Clinics | 24,030 | 25, 274 | -1244 |
| Remedial Exercises Clinic | 5.468 | 6.320 | -852 |
| Enuresis clinic | 619 | 746 | - 127 |
| 38,114 | 41, 110 | -299 6 |
1,938 attendances; at Rockmount School 179 defects, 904 attendances; and at Addington 76 defects, 321 attendances.
| Complaiat | 1958 | 1957 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Attendances | Arerage No. ol Attendances per case | |
| Ringworm | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 |
| Scabies | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Impetigo | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 17 | 149 | 8.8 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 5 | 50 | 10.0 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 24 | 10 5 | 4.4 | 14 | 118 | 8.5 |
| External Eye Disease | 78 | 182 | 2.4 | 40 | 307 | 7.7 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,484 | 4,594 | 3.1 | 454 | 5.123 | 11.3 |
| 1,606 | 4,956 | 3.1 | 533 | 5,756 | 10.8 | |
The Minor Ailments Clinics
At the Lodge Road Clinic 377 defects involved 3,009 attendances,
while at the subsidiary Clinics held at Ashburton School
472 defects, 1,435 attendances; at Duppas School 676 defects,