Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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APPENDIX E
TREATMENT The Work of the School Clinics
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES
1962 | 1961 | Increase or decrease | |
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Minor Ailments and Verruca Clinics | 5,737 | 6,989 | - 1,252 |
Inspection Clinic | 1,477 | 1,127 | + 350 |
Dental Clinics | 19,259 | 21,806 | - 2,547 |
Remedial Exercises Clinic | 5,223 | 6,485 | - 1,262 |
Enuresis Clinic | 732 | 717 | + 15 |
Audiology Clinic | 189 | 251 | - 62 |
32,617 | 37,375 | - 4,758 |
MINOR AILMENTS CLINICS
Clinic | Defects | Attendances |
---|---|---|
Lodge Road | 531 | 3,002 |
Ashburton School | 160 | 914 |
Duppas School | 384 | 842 |
Rockmount School | 212 | 605 |
Addington | 96 | 374 |
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Complaint | 1962 | 1961 | ||||
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Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | Cases | Attendances | Average No. of Attendances per case | |
Ringworm | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scabies | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | - | - | - |
Impetigo | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 |
Other Skin Diseases | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 24 | 50 | 2.1 |
Otorrhoea and other Ear Defects | 73 | 111 | 1.5 | 64 | 100 | 1.6 |
External Eye Disease | 59 | 126 | 2.1 | 80 | 174 | 2.2 |
Miscellaneous (Including Verruca) | 1,231 | 5,444 | 4.4 | 1,787 | 6,647 | 3.7 |
1,383 | 5,737 | 4.2 | 1,959 | 6,989 | 3.6 |