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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following Table summarises the work done, and indicates the type of case referred.
| Total number of female patients | 47 | ||
| „ „ „ male patients | 62 | ||
| Total | 109 | ||
| Conditions for which referred. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| General myopathy | 1 | 1 | |
| Weak legs | 21 | 30 | 51 |
| Bow legs | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| Knock-knees | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| Flat-feet | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hemiplegia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Constipation | 1 | ... | 1 |
| General debility | 2 | ... | 2 |
| Erb's paralysis | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 62 | 47 | 109 |
Total number of sessions 248
„ „ „ attendances 1,654
Average attendance per session 7
Cases still under treatment at end of 1930 32
Dental Treatment of Maternity and Child Welfare Patients, 1930.
I am indebted to Mr. W. G. Senior, L.D.S., the senior dental
surgeon, for the particulars which follow.