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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table XV.CHILDREN EXAMINED AT ROUTINE INSPECTIONS AND FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS AND DENTAL DEFECTS).

Table XV.

CHILDREN EXAMINED AT ROUTINE INSPECTIONS AND FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS AND DENTAL DEFECTS).

Group.No. of Children InspectedN referred for treatment.Percentage referred lot treatmentCorresponding percertage for 1930.
Entrants297847516.018 6
Intermediates248951220.621.7
Leavers197336918.720.1
Other Ages17529.421.8
7457136118.320.1

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The fact that 16.0 per cent, of the entrants required treatment
of some kind is an adverse commentary upon the lack of
any complete system of medical and d3ntal supervision of fhe preschool
child. Initial slight effects, if unremedied, often lead to
further defects as the child grows. Adenoids are a case in point,
so also are decayed and septic teeth. The importance of having
what may appear to be trivial childish complaints attended to
promptly cannot be too strongly or too often impressed upon parents.

Table: Table XVI.CHIEF CAUSES OF EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOL.

Table XVI.

CHIEF CAUSES OF EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOL.

Condition.Exclusions during 1931.Percentage of total exclusions.Exclusions during 1930.Percentage of total exclusions.
Ringworm—Head120.30100 15
Body360.91360.52
Verminous Conditions3889.803264.74
Impetigo3819.603718.39
Scabies320.81190.28
Scarlet Fever2797.053585.20
Measles1443 64214031.11
Diphtheria1273.212363.43
Whooping Cough55814.101922.79
Chicken Pox87522.1187712.75
Mumps59415.01179526.10
Tuberculosis (all forms431 21510.74
E xternal Eye Disease140.35230.33
Sore Throat1323.331832.66
Other Causes3378.512613.80
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