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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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At the Lodge Road Clinic, 1,244 defects involved 4,378 attendances, while at the subsidiary Clinics held at 206, Selhurst Road on five days weekly, 1,053 defects, 4,025 attendances, and at the Duppas School 549 defects, 5,074 attendances.
| 1946. | 1945 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complaint. | Cases. | Attendances. | Average No. of Attendances, per case. | Cases. | Attendances. | Average No. of Attendances, per case. |
| Ringworm | 33 | 190 | 5.8 | 127 | 1225 | 9.7 |
| Scabies | 191 | 614 | 3.2 | 301 | 841 | 2.8 |
| Impetigo | 239 | 1331 | 5.6 | 231 | 1280 | 5.5 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 148 | 325 | 2.2 | 201 | 665 | 3.3 |
| Otorrhoea and other Ear defects | 245 | 1594 | 6.5 | 158 | 833 | 5.3 |
| External Eye Disease | 262 | 852 | 3.2 | 324 | 1435 | 4.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 1728 | 8571 | 4.7 | 1263 | 6165 | 4.9 |
| 2846 | 13477 | 4.7 | 2605 | 12444 | 4.8 | |
Adenoids and Enlarged Tonsils.
During 1946 711 children were operated upon for adenoids
and enlarged tonsils, and 2,361 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 | 1583 | - | 1583 | 1245 | — | 1334 | — | |
This Clinic showed an increase upon 1945 in numbers
submitted to refraction. A total of 5,855 attendances was
recorded.