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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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Table: Table V.Conditions for which Patients were admitted to Hospitals and the results of treatments.

Table V.

Conditions for which Patients were admitted to Hospitals and the results of treatments.

Condition.In on Jan. 1st, 1938.AdmittedDischargedDied.In on Jan. 1st, 1939.
Cured.Much ImprovedImprovedI.S.q.
Infantile Paralysis...1...............1
Tubercular Joint Disease24184932519
Other Joint Disease7713.........10
Hemiplegia...2...2............
Genu Valgum...22...............
Pes Cavus11...1.........1
Talipes1...1...............
Rickets...2......11......
Other Deformities...33...............
Spastic Paraplegia51......21...3
Scoliosis...1...............1
Injury...2...............2
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189
The percentage of cures in cases discharged was 31 per cent.,
whilst 42 per cent. were much improved.
Table to show number of cases for whom appliances were
ordered and how the expenses thereof were met:—
Total cases on books of this Clinic, January 1st, 1939 366
Total number actually in receipt of massage, electrical,
Swedish remedial treatment on January 1st, 1939 10
New splints and appliances supplied 189
Repairs to existing appliances 34
Part cost met by parents 24%
Full cost met by parents 41.5%
Full cost met by local authority 34.5%
Maternity and Child Welfare Massage Clinic
One of the whole-time masseuses devotes 5 sessions a week to
this work. The remainder of her time is devoted to the children
at St. Giles' School, which she attends each morning.