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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Clinic Address
Enuresis Lodge Road, Broad Green, Croydon.
(Weekly. Tuesday p.m.)
Parkway Clinic, New Addington.
(Monthly. Monday p.m.)
Purley Clinic, Whytecliffe Road, Purley.
(Monthly. Friday p.m.)
Eye Purley Clinic, Whytecliffe Road, Purley.
(every Wednesday a.m. and Friday)
STAFF OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
*Medical Officers 11 (full time) (39.5%)
*Medical Officers 1 (part time)
Consultants and
Specialists 9 (part time)
*Dental Officers 10 (including 2 part-time) (80%)
*Physiotherapists 4 (including 1 part-time)
Speech Therapists 7
*School Nurses and
Nurse/Assistants 54 (including S.H.V. and Deputy) (55%)
*Dental Surgery
Assistants 12 (including 3 part-time) (80%)
*Also performing duties in other sections of Public
Health Department. Percentages in brackets show
proportion of time given to school work.
COST OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
The cost of the medical, dental and nursing services was £79,438.
| Cost of Special Schools | |
|---|---|
| Schools maintained by the Council | £90,116 |
| Other Schools (not maintained by local Education Authorities) | £32,210 |
| Adjustments with other authorities in respect of Special Schools | £8,392 |
| £130,718 | |