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Croydon 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Skin Conditions.
Recorded in 185 cases.
Table XXXVIII.
| Fair | 133—71.9% |
| Dark | 52—28.1% |
Moist skin, history of liability to sweating, etc., was recorded
in 9 cases.
A history of flushings in 12 cases and of rashes in 14 cases.
Nervous Conditions.
Recorded in 186 cases.
Table XXXIX.
| Children recorded as highly strung | 126—68.1% |
| History of headaches | 91—49.2% |
| Night terrors, etc | 58—31.4% |
| Enuresis | 13— 7.0% |
| Twitchings | 50—27.0% |
Catarrhs.
Various, as distinct from tonsilitis, and mainly referred to
the period of infancy and early childhood, viz., 0-5 years.
Reported in 25 cases out of a total of 185—13.5%
Tonsillectomy.
Operation reported in 56 cases—30.3%
376 re-inspections were carried out. In 24 of these, the
condition had become worse; 43 were thought to be non-rheumatic;
262 were definitely improved and had become quiescent;
and 47 stationary.
Environment and other Conditions in Rheumatism Clinic Cases.
Wards.—Cases were drawn from all wards in the town to
the numbers shown:—Woodside, 16; Whitehorse Manor,19;
West Thornton,18; Upper Norwood,8; Broad Green,10;
Waddon, 32; Addiscombe, 6; Thornton Heath, 14; East, 17;
South Norwood, 14; Bensham Manor, 13; Central, 2; Norbury,
10; South, 6; and Addington, 5.