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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SPECIAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRE.
Number of Children who have attended for the following diseases at the request of the Education Committee's officers or of teachers or parents :—
Diseases of Lungs | 65 | |
,, Heart | 19 | |
,, Ear, Throat and Nose | 132 | |
,, Skin (Scabies 107) | 238 | |
Ringworm— | ||
Scalp | 168 | |
Body | 44 | |
212 | ||
* Mentally Defective Children | 4 | |
Diseases of Nervous System | 11 | |
Spinal Trouble | 6 | |
Eye Diseases or Defects | 7 | |
Glands | 55 | |
Rheumatism | 22 | |
Debility | 18 | |
Anaemia | 11 | |
Various | 266 | |
Infectious Diseases | 1 Measles | |
2 Chicken Pox | 11 | |
8 Mumps | ||
1077 |
* This is exclusive of children examined in accordance with the
requirements of the Mental Deficiency Act.