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Croydon 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Following Up :—
Work of the Health Visitors ... ... . ... 103
Medical Treatment :—
Minor Ailments ... ... ... ... ... 104
Uncleanliness ... ... ... ... ■■■ 105
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids ... ... ... 105
Tuberculosis ... ... ... ... . . ... 106
Vision and External Eye Disease ... ... • •• 106
Dental Defects ... ... ... ... ... ... 107
Crippling Defects and Orthopaedics ... ... ... no
Open Air Education .. ... ... ... ... ... in
Physical Training ... ... ... ... ... ... in
Provision of Meals ... ... ... ... ... 114
Co-Operation of Parents ... ... ... ... ... 114
Co-Operation of Teachers ... ... ... ... 115
Co-Operatiqn of School Attendance Officers ... 115
Co-Operation of Voluntary Bodies ... ... ... 115
Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Children ... 115
Mentally Defective Children ... ... ... ... 116
Grangewood Special M.D. School ... 116
Physically Defectve Children ... ... ... ... 117
Class for Stammerers ... ... ... ... ... 117
Nursery Schools ... ... ... ... ... ... 117
Secondary Schools ... ... ... ... ... ... 117
Continuation Schools ... ... ... ... ... 117
Employment of Children and Young Persons ... ... 117
Miscellaneous :—
Teaching of Infant Care ... ... ... ... 118
Appendix.
Public Elementary Schools.
A. Table 1. Number of Children Inspected ... ... ... 119
2. Return of Defects found in the course of medical
inspection ... ... ... ... ... 120
3. Numerical Return of all Exceptional Children. 121
4. Treatment of Defects of Children
(a) Minor Ailments ... ... ... ... 123
(b) Visual Defect ... ... ... ... ... 123
(c) Defects of Nose and Throat ... ... ... 123
(d) Treatment of Dental defects ... ... ... 124
(e) Treatment of Uncleanliness ... ... ... 125
5. Summary of treatment of Defects ... ... ... 126
6. Summary relating to children medically inspected. 127