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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TABLE E. xvi.
Visits to Houses where the following Diseases have occurred. | School Cases. | |
---|---|---|
1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | |
Scarlet Fever | 59 | 22 |
Diphtheria | 107 | 68 |
Measles | 1386 | 48 |
German Measles | 60 | 2 |
Mumps | 1&61 | 71 |
Whooping Cough | 283 | 18 |
Chicken Pox | 461 | 20 |
Sore Throat | 531 | 163 |
Ringworm (scalp) | 149 | 148 |
,, (body) | 158 | 156 |
Verminous Heads | 9 | 2 |
Verminous Codies | 37 | 11 |
Impetigo Contagiosa | 746 | 797 |
Scabies | 49 | 76 |
Infectious Eye Disease | 306 | 151 |
Other disease | 1180 | 468 |
Visits paid lo Elementary Schools for Medical | 7382 | 2131 |
Inspections | 263 | 3 |
Number of Children prepared for Medical Inspection : —Newly Inspected | 7396 | — |
Re-inspected | 1597 | — |
Specially Inspected | 132 | — |
Other Visits to Elementary Schools ... | 128 | — |
Home Visits arising out of Medical Inspection | 2050 | 1499 |
Home Visits for other information | 477 | 55 |
Cultures taken | 711 | 63 |