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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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208
The Table under gives the complaints treated and the results
achieved in completed cases. Twelve cases ceased attending before
completion of treatment and six cases left the district.

Table: Table CVI.

Table CVI.

Condition,School Cases.m. & C. w. Cases.Total.
Much Improved.Improved.Slight Impr.I.S.Q.Much Improved.Improved.Slight Impr.I.S.Q.
Debility4.........21......7
Asthma1............1......2
Bronchitis...1......1......13
Glands............2.........2
Rickets............12......3
Miscellaneous661...86126
1161...14101143

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School Cases.
Four School cases were still attending the Clinic at the end of
the year. Cervical Glands, 1; Asthma, 1; Genu Valgus and
Muscular Atonia, 1; Alopecia, 1.
Maternity and Child Welfare Cases.
Fourteen Maternity and Child Welfare cases were still
attending the Clinic at the end of the year. These were suffering
from the following conditions, viz.:—Debility, 3; Rickets, 2;
tickets and Epilepsy, 1; General Condition, 2; Asthma, 1;
Anaemia and Debility, 2; Bronchitis, 1; Debility and Glands, 1;
Glands, 1.