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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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T able III.
Cases referred from Orthopaedic Clinic for Remedial Treatment and X-Ray at Croydon General Hospital.
| ts | School Case | M.C.W Casts | Tuberculosis Cases | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | No. of Treatments | X-Rays | Cases | no. of Treatments | X-Rays | Cases | No. of Treat ments | X-Rays | Cases | No. of Treatments | X-Rays | |
| Infantile Paralysis | 1 | 8 | ... | 4 | 159 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 167 | 1 |
| Corvature or postural defects | 17 | 277 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 277 | 6 |
| Pes Planus | 9 | 109 | 1 | 3 | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 133 | 1 |
| Cavus | 1 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 16 | ... |
| Talipes | 2 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 227 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 260 | 4 |
| Genu Valgum | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 58 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 89 | 1 |
| Joint Disease | 9 | 10 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 36 | 16 |
| Injuries | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Rickets | 1 | 59 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 59 | ... |
| Dorticollis | 1 | 20 | ... | 3 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 40 | ... |
| Spastic Paraplegia | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | ... |
| Congenital dislocation of the Hip | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Other Deformities | 7 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 31 | 8 |
| 56 | 597 | 32 | 27 | 499 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 107 | 1122 | 51 | |
T able IV.
Cases Sent to Residential Institutions.
| of Institution | School Cases | M.C.W. Cases | Tuberculosis Case* | Total | No. in on Jan. 1st. 1939. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. in on Jan. 1st, 1938 | Admitted | Discharged | No. in on Jan. 1st, 1938. | Admitted | Discharged | ,No. in on Jan. 1st, 1938. | Admitted | Discharged | No. in on Jan. 1st, 1938- | Admitted | Discharged | |||
| Coryford | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | 3 | 10 | ... | 6 | 4 | |
| Croydon General Hospital | 1 | 8 | 8 | ... | 4 | 4 | 2a | lA | 2a | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | |
| Ieritage Craft School | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2s | ... | 1s | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Inner | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| Ford Mayor Treloar's Hospital. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1s | 1s | 1s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st Children's Home, Chip- aping Norton | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Ingfield Morris Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Layday | ... | 6 | 4 | ... | 4 | 3 | 4a | 2s | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | |
| 7A | 8a | |||||||||||||
| Hospital | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2s | 3s | 2s | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
| 8a | 6a | 7a | ||||||||||||
| Archington | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| 10 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 51 | 49 | 38 | ||