Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.