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Croydon 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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The Table under gives the complaints treated and the results
achieved in completed cases. Four cases ceased attending before
completion of treatment and one case left the district.

Table CI.

Condition.School Cases.M. & C.W. Cases.Total.
Much ImprovedImproved.Slight Impr.i.S.Q.Much Improved.Improved.Slight Impr.I.S.Q.
Debility12.........1...15
Malnutrition...............1......1
Corneal Ulcers...1..................1
Asthma.........2............2
Bronchitis...1......11......3
Glands1..................12
Rickets............2......35
Miscellaneous3..................25
54...233...724

Two school children suffering from debility were still attending
the Clinic at the end of the year, and 3 M. and C.W. cases, namely
one suffering from debility, one from malnutrition and one from
rickets.