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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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practitioners. All of these cases were referred for further examination
and treatment to the Tuberculosis Dispensary. Many of them
have attended the dispensary for varying periods, some are still
attending, others have been sent to sanatoria, and a few have been
treated at home by their own private medical advisers.

Table: TABLE E. vi.Cases of Tuberculosis amongst children of school age notified by the Assistant School Medical Officers and private Medical Practitioners during the year 1914 :—

TABLE E. vi.

Cases of Tuberculosis amongst children of school age notified by the Assistant School Medical Officers and private Medical Practitioners during the year 1914 :—

Age.Sex.Tubercu'osis of Lungs.Tuberculosis of Glands.Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints,Other Forms of TuberculosisTotal.
5-6Boys7101...18
Girls35...19
6-7Boys242...8
Girls23......5
7-8Boys112...4
Girls...23...5
8-9Boys381...7
Girls32......5
9-10Boys...52...7
Girls322...7
10-11Roys121...4
Girls21......3
11-12Boys1.........1
Girls33......6
12-13Boys22......4
Girls341...8
13-14Boys52......7
Girls931...13
14-15Boys1.........1
Girls...............
Total5154161122

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Of the above, 58 cases were notified by the Assistant School Medical
Officers, an i 64 by private Medical Practitioners.
In addition to these a certain number of cases have been discovered
amongst "contacts" at the Tuberculosis Dispensary. In future years
these will appear in this table as well as in the full annual report.
MENTAL CONDITIONS.
Eighteen children were noted to be mentally defective. In
addition, 81 others entered as mentally sub-normal may prove, on
further observation, to be mentally defective.
A number of epileptic children were inspected or re-inspected.