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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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At the Lodge Road Clinic, 1,183 defects involved 4,323 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at 206, Selhurst Road on five days weekly, 693 defects 3,046 attendances, and at the Duppas School 729 defects 5,075 attendances.
| Complaint. | 1945 | 1944. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Attendances. | Average No. of Attendances. per case. | Cases. | Attendances. | Average No. of Attendances. per case. | |
| Ringworm of Scalp | 17 | 243 | 14.3 | 6 | 75 | 12.5 |
| „ „ Body | 110 | 982 | 8.9 | 95 | 785 | 8.3 |
| Scabies | 301 | 841 | 2.8 | 571 | 1527 | 2.7 |
| Impetigo | 231 | 1280 | 5.5 | 291 | 1156 | 3.9 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 201 | 665 | 3.3 | 268 | 782 | 2.9 |
| Otorrhœa and other Ear defects | 158 | 833 | 5.3 | 195 | 774 | 4.0 |
| External Eye Disease | 324 | 1435 | 4.4 | 201 | 1036 | 5.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 1263 | 6165 | 4.9 | 1102 | 4792 | 4.3 |
| 2605 | 12444 | 4.8 | 2729 | 10927 | 4.0 | |
Adenoids and Enlarged Tonsils.
During 1945 783 children were operated upon for adenoids
and enlarged tonsils, and 2,239 attendances were made at the
Throat Clinic.
| Number of defects dealt with. | Spectacles prescribed | Spectacles obtained. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or Hospital apart from the Authority's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | |
| Errors of Refraction | 1153 | - | 1153 | 743 | - | 779 | - | |
This Clinic showed an increase upon 1944 in numbers submitted
in refraction. A total of 3,364 attendances was recorded.