London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
This page requires JavaScript
Cases referred from Orthopaedic Clinic for Remedial Treatment and X-Ray at Croydon General Hospital
| Defects | School Cases | M.C.W. Cases | Tuberculosis Cases | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | No. of Treat ments | XRays | Cases | No. of Treatments | XRays | Cases | No. of Treatments | XRays | Cases | No. of Treat ments | XRays | |
| Infantile Paralysis | 3 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 36 | — | 5 | 70 | 1 | |||
| Curvature or postural defects | 13 | 209 | 4 | - | 13 | 209 | 4 | |||||
| Pes Planus | 6 | 16 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Talipes | 3 | 114 | 3 | 114 | ||||||||
| Genu Valgum | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 13 | 71 | 2 | |||
| Joint Disease | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 47 | 49 | 21 | 52 | |
| Injuries | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 14 | 4 | |||
| Rickets | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Torticollis | 3 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 27 | ||||||
| Spastic Paraplegia | 2 | 32 | 1 | 11 | - | 3 | 43 | |||||
| Congenital dislocation of the Hip | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 5 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Other Deformities | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 48 | 361 | 18 | 26 | 245 | 6 | 43 | 12 | 47 | 117 | 618 | 71 | |
Cases Sent to Residential Institutions
| Name of Institution | School Cases | M.C.W. Cases | Tuberculosis CEses | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. in on Jan 1st 39 | Admitted | Discharged | No. in on Jan 1st 39 | Admitted | Discharged | No. in on Jan 1st 39 | Admitted | Discharged | NO. in on Jan lst 39 | Admitted | Disscharged | No. in on Jan 1st 40 | |
| Pyrford | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Croydon General Hospital | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 16 | |||
| Heritage Craft Schools | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Pinner | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Lord Mayor Treloar's Hospital | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nat.Children's Home, Chipping Norton | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Wingfield Morris Hosp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5S | 4S | ||||||||||||
| Mayday | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 1A | 5A | 5A | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| 2S | 3S | ||||||||||||
| Royal Sea Bathing Hosp. | 6A | 2A | 6A | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Dirchington | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1S | 1S | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Royal National Orthopaedic | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1A | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Victoria Home | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Burrow Hill Colony | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1A | 1A | 1 | 1 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 61 | 56 | 34 | |