London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Defects. | School. | M.C.W. | Tuberculosis. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | |
| Infantile Paralysis | 17 | 39 | 3 | 7 | - | - | 20 | 46 |
| Curvature or Postural Defects | 33 | 52 | - | - | - | - | 33 | 52 |
| Pes Cavus | 10 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 17 |
| Pes Planus | 127 | 224 | 29 | 54 | - | - | 156 | 278 |
| Genu Valgum | 38 | 60 | 64 | 121 | - | - | 102 | 181 |
| Talipes | 9 | 19 | 12 | 26 | - | - | 21 | 45 |
| Obstetrical Paralysis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 |
| Joint Diseases | 11 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 40a | 91a | 58 | 148 |
| 5s | 11s | |||||||
| 1m | 9m | |||||||
| Injuries | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 11 |
| Rickets | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| Wry Neck | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | - | - | 10 | 17 |
| Spastic Paraplegia | 7 | 16 | 5 | 9 | - | - | 12 | 25 |
| Congenital dislocation of the Hip | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 28 |
| Other deformities | 63 | 90 | 42 | 66 | - | - | 105 | 156 |
| 338 | 599 | 166 | 305 | 46 | 111 | 550 | 1015 | |
A—Adults; s—School Child ; M—Pre-School.
Summarised, the Table shows 338 school children attended
and made 599 attendances. 166 babies made 305 attendances, and
46 Tuberculosis cases made 111 attendances; a total of 550 cases,
making 1,015 attendances.