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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Admissions, analysis of, 1921 94
Admissions, fatality fof each disease 95
Illness of Staff 96
Ambulance Service . . 96
Borough Laboratory, Work of the : —
Examinations made for Diphtheria 96
,, ,, Tuberculosis 97
,, ,, Enteric (Typhoid Fever) 98
SECTION IX.
School Medical Officer's Report :—
Staff 99
Co-ordination 99
School Medical Service in Relation to the Public
Elementary Schools :—
Number of schools and accommodation 99
School Building's and accommodation 99
School Hygiene 100
Medical Inspection :—
Routine inspection 100
Inspection of selected children 100
Defective children re-examined 100
Table—Total number of children examined (routine) 101
Findings of Medical Inspection :—
Uncleanliness 103
Cleansing Station 103
Clothing 103
Average Heights and Weights 103
Malnutrition 104
Vision and external eye disease 104
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids 104
Lymphatic Glands 104
Ear Disease 104
Defective Teeth 104
Affections of the Heart 106
Affections of the Lung 106
Tuberculosis 106
Nervous Diseases 106
Deformities 106
Ringworm 107
Skin Affections 107
Mental Conditions 107
Infectious Disease :—
School Closure 107
Following Up :—
Work of the Health Visitors 108
Medical Treatment :—
Minor Ailments 109
Uncleanliness 109
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids 110
Tuberculosis 111
Vision and External Eye Disease 111
Dental Defects 112
Crippling Defects and Orthopoedics 114