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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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In addition, during the year dried milk was obtained from the
chemists at cost price, through the Coupon Scheme.
Massage Clinic.
The Massage Clinic in connection with the Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme is held at 47, St. James' Road on five
afternoons a week. Cases are referred thereto by the doctors at
the Infant Welfare Centres. A few cases are also referred from
the Orthopaedic Clinic and from London Hospitals.
The following Table summarises the work done, and indicates the type of case referred.
| Total number of female patients | 49 |
| „ „ male patients | 75 |
| Total | 124 |
Table XXII.
| Conditions for which referred. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammer-toe | - | 1 | 1 |
| Talipes | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Weak legs | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Bow legs | 37 | 14 | 51 |
| General debility | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Knock-knees and flat feet | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| Hemiplegia | 1 | — | 1 |
| Torticollis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Contracted thumbs | — | 1 | 1 |
| Infantile paralysis | 2 | — | 2 |
| Spastic diplegia | 2 | — | 2 |
| Scoliosis | - | 2 | 2 |
| 75 | 49 | 124 | |
| Total number of sessions | 254 | ||
| „ „ attendances | 1,558 | ||
| Average attendance per session | 7 | ||
| Cases still under treatment at end of 1938 | 36 | ||
Dental Treatment For Maternity And Child Welfare Patients.
Expectant and nursing mothers and young children requiring
treatment are referred by the medical officers from the Ante-Natal,
Post-Natal, and Infant Welfare Clinics.