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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The particulars referred to in the preceding paragraphs are set out in the following table:—

The particulars referred to in the preceding paragraphs are set out in the following table:—

19211922192319241925
Number of children medically examined:—
Elementary Schools.
Routine Cases80807892709071868171
Special Cases1465672113236102345
Re-examinations3001497313359976770
Secondary Schools.
Routine Cases423469933909974
Re-examinations6188145260180
Number of children treated at:—
Minor Ailments Clinic*1024452469657666
Eye Clinic:
Refraction test574420666594625
Spectacles obtained Thrtat Clinic307221169 out of 479 prescribed 193453 out of 507 prescribed 252477 out of 499 prescribed 197
Dental
Children inspected28922831458049556727
Children treated1210984161118833357
Uncleanliness surveys—children seen16,81719,46827,73347,03348,465
°/0 Verminous13.2%11.5%12.1%9.5%8.0%
Register of abnormal children:
Mentally deficient of school age112134122119101
Blind2112141115
Deaf15991211
Epileptic6871462326
Pulmonary (with gland) Tuberculosis31311298113
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis564181633
Delicate (suitable for open-air school)353185188
Crippled133129140112130

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* Including Inspection Clinic Attendances.