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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE E. XVI.
| School Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visits to Houses where the following Diseases have occurred. | 1st Visits. | Subsequent Visits. |
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 55 | 34 |
| Measles | 17 37 | 95 |
| German Measles | 1743 | 85 |
| Mumps | 365 | 32 |
| Whooping Cough | 260 | 26 |
| Chicken Pox | 399 | 23 |
| Sore Throat | 304 | 98 |
| Ringworm (scalp) | 211 | 327 |
| ,, (body) | 110 | 102 |
| Verminous Heads | 7 | 3 |
| Verminous Bodies | 19 | 11 |
| Impetigo Contagiosa | 939 | 1101 |
| Scabies | 194 | 331 |
| Infectious Eye Disease | 148 | 122 |
| Other diseases | 1156 | 271 |
| 7664 | 2666 | |
| Visits paid lo Elementary Schools for Medical Inspections | 196 | – |
| Number of Children prepared for Medical Inspection:—Newly Inspected | 5970 | – |
| Re-inspected | 1479 | – |
| Specially Inspected | 363 | – |
| Other Visits to Elementary Schools | 106 | 2 |
| Home Visits arising out of Medical Inspection | 1102 | 916 |
| Home Visits for other information | 315 | 47 |
| Cultures taken | 372 | 62 |