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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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In the past years the family history of enuresis obtained has been
under 50%, which is less than the figure given by most Authorities, Over
the past year more care has been taken in determining the family history
and the figures this year show a family history of 100 out of the 166 discharged;
60% which is much nearer the figure usually found.
The buzzers have been used by 55 of the children discharged, which
is an increase over the past years owing to less mechanical breakdown
among the machines and therefore a quicker turnover rate of these conditioning
machines.
The percentage of males to females attending remains remarkably consistent over the years;, almost exactly twice as many boys as girls attended.
| Total Attendance | 333 children | ||||||||||||
| Still Attending | 167 | ||||||||||||
| Discharged | 166 Male — 112. Female — 54. | ||||||||||||
| Discharged Dry | 107 | ||||||||||||
| Discharged for non-attendance | 45 | ||||||||||||
| Referred to Urologist | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Left Area | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Emigrated | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Lodge Road Clinic | 83 | ||||||||||||
| New Addington Clinic | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Purley Clinic | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Used Buzzer — | 55. | Family History - | 100. | ||||||||||
| Age: (years) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 |
| Number in Group: | 2 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
SCHOOL EYE CLINIC
I am grateful to Dr. Derek Clarke for the following report:-
The work of the school eye clinics at Purley and Sanderstead has
continued and an additional clinic is now being held at Parkway, New
Addington. Since the latter commenced a waiting list for appointments
has demonstrated the local need. Extra clinics have also been held at
Purley.
Treatment undertaken at these clinics includes refraction and the
ordering of spectacles, examination of children referred from routine
school medical inspections, and other referrals by Local Authority staff
and general practitioners. Squint and amblyopia are treated medically
when suitable.